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Clarinet.

Technical description: Boxwood barrel, upper section, middle and lower sections in one, bell; ivory ferrules on sockets of each joint; dark wood mouthpiece. Brass keys. Waisted barrel; bell-shaped swelling for R4 fingerhole and mounts for lowest three keys. Rollers on the two keys for L4. The mouthpiece is grooved for thread attachment of reed.; Nominal pitch: A.; Type or system: 13 keys.; Keyhead type: flat round.; Keymount type: raised blocks, saddles for three side keys.; ; ;

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "KEY / LONDON" / unicorn head / "CHARING CROSS"; stamped on barrel, upper section, and lower section "KEY / LONDON" / unicorn head.
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: 698; 628 to top of barrel; bell .; Sounding length: ; Bore: