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Clarinet.

Technical description: boxwood barrel, upper section, lower section and bell; ivory ferrules on each socket and bell rim; dark wood mouthpiece grooved for cord attachment of reed. Waisted barrel. Leaf springs throughout SATK.; Nominal pitch: C.; Type or system: 8 keys.; Keyhead type: flat square.; Keymount type: raised wooden blocks and bell-shaped swelling for R4 finger-hole and mounts for lowest three keys.; ; ;

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "Wood & Ivy / LATE / Geoe,, Wood / NEW COMPTON STRT. / 50 / SOHO / LONDON" / acorn motif; stamped on barrel, upper section and lower section "Wood & Ivy".
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: 575; 515 to top of barrel.; Sounding length: ; Bore: