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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.
Technical description: Ebony with ivory ferrules and silver 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. Ingenious alternative lever for F₄/C₆. Extendable L4 levers. Alternative R0 touchpiece for F♯₃/C♯₅. Integral wooden thumb rest. Was 14, now 13keys. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T; cross F₄/C₆. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R0: F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T. R3: T; B♭₃/F♮₅; side B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: T; G♯₃/E♭₅. Keymount type: turned wooden rings, blocks, swelling. Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: Crack in bell glued.
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1800-1820 - Maker:
Galander - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Amsterdam/Netherlands - 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/16299