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Clarinet.

Technical description: boxwood one-piece barrel and upper section, lower section and bell; ivory ferrules on each socket and bell rim; dark wood mouthpiece, smooth for ligature attachment of reed.; Nominal pitch: C.; Type or system: 7 keys.; Keyhead type: four keys flat square; three keys flat round.; Keymount type: two square keys on upper section in raised rings; two square keys on lower section in smoothly raised block; two keys on pillars; hinge key for R4 in saddle.; ; ;

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped twice on lower section and twice on upper section "LEFEVRE FRS / A ROUEN", much indistinct; stamped on mouthpiece with star / dotted ellipse containing indistinct lettering / star.
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: 602; 531 to top of barrel.; Sounding length: ; Bore: