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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. Simple system combined with Boehm system. Two groups of keys for L4 and R4 are arranged to produce E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; F₃/C₅ with both little fingers to avoid gliding and enable rapid passages. (Bernard van Perck's patent of 1907): throat Akey for continental and English fingering. Csharp mechanism. 17keys, 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; F₃/C₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat G*Sharp-A or C₆-D₆; 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; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern.
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Post 1909 - Maker:
Mahillon - 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:611
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17740