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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Two barrels (one unmounted, one horn mounted is missing). Brass tube in thumb-hole. C♯₄/G♯₅key replaced by twin hole for L3. No cross E♭₄/B♭₅. No side or cross F₄/C₆. Shaped levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. 9keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T. L3: twin T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T. R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: turned wooden rings, blocks swelling. Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: Bell a replacement.
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Circa 1840-1860 - Maker:
Vetter - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Dresden/Saxony/Germany - 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:603
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17590