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Clarinet
Nominal pitch: A. 6 keys on extant sections. Technical description: Boxwood with ivory mounts and brass keys. Rosewood mouthpiece with tenon; waisted barrel with two sockets; upper section with two tenons; middle section with socket and tenon; lower section with socket and tenon; bell with socket. All extant sockets with ivory ferrules. Keyhead type: flat square. Keymount type: raised wooden blocks and bell-shaped swelling for R4 finger-hole and keymount.
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Circa 1840 - Maker:
Metzler [Family] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on upper section "METZLER / LONDON / 105 . WARDOUR . ST."; Stamped on barrel and on lower section "METZLER & CO. / LONDON"; no inscription on bell.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland