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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Boxwood with brass ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Unstamped cocus wood mouthpiece marked for a ligature. Curved speaker with chimney on front of the instrument. Long tailed British throat A♭ key. Shaped brass thumb rest. Quite like Albert's style. End pivoted F₃/C₅. Note also similarities to Bachmann: R1 trill key has a very high tone-hole. Throat Akey is pivoted near end of rod. G♯₃/E♭₅key slightly angled, E₃key pivoted at end of rod. 12keys, 2rings. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T; throat A♭. 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 throat A-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: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern.
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1850-1900 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Probably Brussels - 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:570, 643 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15715