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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Slightly bulbous barrel, a little bit to wide and, considering its different material, probably not original. Upper section: tone-hole for the speaker on the front of the instrument, chimney. Two side trill keys. Barret action: Spectacles enable the side lever for R1 to be used for F₄/C₆ and E♭₄/B♭₅. Very long side throatA♭ lever makes it possible for the player to use L1 (continental fingering) and L2 (English fingering). Simple system with patent Csharp and Barret Action. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA♮, alternative throatA♭. L2: T + spectacle; throatA♭. L3: T + spectacle; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆/E₃/B♮₄; two side trill keys for throatA-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅ . R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Repair History: Bell seems not to be original.
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Circa 1930 - Maker:
Albert, Jacques [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Brussels/Belgium - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:655, 584 to top of barrel, 552 to top of upper section.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18593