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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.
Technical description: Cocus with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Cocus mouthpiece with ligature and wooden reed-cap; barrel slightly bulbous. Upper section: Speaker curved, tone-hole on the front of the instrument, chimney bowl-shaped. Speaker liner does not project into bore. Long tailed throatA♭ key. Wood recessed under touchpieces of speaker, throatA and cross keys. Lower section: thumbrest shaped and countersunk. Bell slender with narrow german-silver rim; ferrules german-silver, very slightly bulbous. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throatA♮. L2: T; throatA♭. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key 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.
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Circa 1890 - Maker:
Albert, E - 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:683; 614 to top of barrel.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15264