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Clarinet

Nominal pitch: A. 10 keys. Technical description: Boxwood with ivory mounts and brass keys. Rosewood mouthpiece with tenon; waisted barrel with two sockets; upper section with two tenons; lower section with socket and tenon; bell with socket. All sockets with ivory ferrules. Keyhead type: flat round. Keymount type: raised wooden blocks and bell-shaped swelling for R4 finger-hole and keymount.

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on upper section and on bell "METZLER & CO. / 37 / GREAT / MARLBOROUGH ST / LONDON"; Stamped on barrel and on lower section "METZLER & CO. / LONDON"; possible indecipherable stamp on mouthpiece.
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: 689; 619 to top of barrel.