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Clarinet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Cocus wood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five piece: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Curved speaker key with chimney on the front of the instrument. Long tailed throat A♭ key. Csharp mechanism. Tone holes under rings lined with ebonite. 12 keys, 2 rings. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T; throat A♭. L3: T; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R1: T; side F₄/ C₆; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: T + spectacle. R3: T + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Repair History: Wide ebonite sleeve on lower section. Barrel and bell are replacements.
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Circa 1900 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Probably Brussels - 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:575, 645 with mouthpiece.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16120