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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Technical description: Boxwood with horn ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Keys for L4 can be adjusted, so the instrument was presumably made with pièces de rechange. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T. R4: T. G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: wooden blocks, saddles screwed in wood. Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: Mouthpiece and barrel not original. Very wide horn mount on stock is a modern repair.

  • Measurements:584; with mouthpiece 656.