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Bass clarinet. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Rosewood with brass ferrules, crook, and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, and bell. Wide brass sleeves between upper and lower section, and between lower section and bell. Ebonite mouthpiece. Crook has a tuning slide. One straight speaker. Thumbhole undercut. C₄/G₅ operating an end pivoted key, also on R1. R1tone-hole lined with brass. 14keys, 2plates, 6brass rollers. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T; cross F₄/C₆. L3: Plate; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: Plate; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T. R3: T; cross B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: F₃/C₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: pillars and plates. Keyhead type: shallow cups. Repair History: The mouthpiece is a replacement.
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Circa 1837 - Maker:
Buffet jeune - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Paris/France - 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:950
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16544