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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭/A.
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Eight pieces: mouthpiece two barrels (B♭, B♭), two upper sections (B♭/A), two middle sections for the fingers of the right hand (B♭/A), lower section with keys and integral bell. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Extendable L4keys. No centre grooves in top rings. Throat A and speaker keys SATB. 5keys. 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: turned wooden rings and swelling. Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: The mouthpiece is contemporary, but not original.
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Circa 1780 - Maker:
Porthaux, Dominique Antony [Person] - 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:B? 612, A638.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18589