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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Ebony mouthpiece with a long tenon. Waisted barrel. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Three side keys mounted in saddles, four cross keys mounted in blocks. Additional side B♮₃/F♯₅. 13keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T; throat A♭. L3: T; 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 throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T; cross B♮₃/F♯₅. R3: T; cross B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: blocks, swelling, saddle. Keyhead type: salt spoon. Repair History: Cross B♭₃/F♮₅ filled. Brass repair ring on bell. Bell rim repaired. Silver repair to mouthpiece (cracked).
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Circa 1810-1820 - Maker:
Whitaker [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - 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:662 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14926