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Clarinet
Clarinet made of cocuswood in three sections (barrel, upper and lower joints) with brass ferrules and keywork. The bell and the top ferrule in the top-joint is are missing. It has thirteen modern-style-cup keys mounted in posts with rods, with flat springs attached to keys. It has a wrap-around register key, a straight A-throat key, and a brille key in the lower joint.
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1851–79 - Maker:
Boosey & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
National Museum of the Royal Navy - 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 every joint: BOOSEY & Co. / [serial #]
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
- Repository:National Museum of the Royal Navy
- Measurements:Height: 500mm