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Oktavin. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules, keywork and bell. 3pieces; mouthpiece, bassoon-shaped one-piece body, bell. All tone-holes are on the front of the instrument. No thumb-hole. L1 tone-hole covered, small tone-hole in plate like on the oboe. L3 operates speaker key. Extension to C₃. 13keys, 2rings, 1plate. L0: Speaker; A; A♭; G. L1: Plate. L2: T. L3: T; B♭. L4: G♯; B; C♯. R1: T; side C; side B♭. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked F); cross F. R4: E♭; C. Keymount type: screwed in pillars with push-pins. Keyhead type: modern.
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Circa 1900 - Maker:
Adler & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Markneukirchen/Germany - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.212 (Single) clarinets with conical bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.212 (Single) clarinets with conical bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:382, 436 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16628