Detail View: MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh): Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A (Louis Kolbe) : DEMOUNTED IN SECTIONS

Work Record ID: 
0036347
ID Number: 
5202
Title: 
Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A.
Title Notes: 
Oehler system.
Creator: 
Kolbe, Louis
Date: 
Circa 1920
Description: 
Technical description: Blackwood with silver plated german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. German silver lined thumb-hole. Not full Oehler system, but with an ingenious R0 correction improving the intonation of F₃/E₃. R2 and R3|rings independent; R2 closes vent below R3 hole. Vents above L1 and below L2. Alternative R1 touchpiece for C♯₄/G♯₅. Thumb rest with a device for a neck holder. 17|keys, 5|rings, 4|black rollers. L0: @I{T; speaker corresponding with first ring. L1: @I{T + ring + vent; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: @I{T + ring + vent; alternative cross key for F₄/C₆. L3: @I{T + ring; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: @I{C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; alternative lever for G♯₃/E♭₅. R0: @I{F₃/E₃ vent. R1: @I{T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat G♯-A or C₆-D₆; side trill for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C; alternative touchpiece for C♯₄/G♯₅. R2: @I{T + ring + vent. R3: @I{T + ring (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: @I{G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern.
Measurement: 
626.
Measurement: 
c-hole 14.8; f-hole 14.8.
Production Place: 
Europe
Production Place: 
Germany
Production Place: 
Central Europe
Repository: 
MIMEd
Repository: 
Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection
Repro Link ID: 
0036347d-0004
Repro File Type: 
Derivative JPEG
Repro Title: 
Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A (Louis Kolbe) : DEMOUNTED IN SECTIONS
Repro Creator Name: 
Raymond Parks
Repro Description: 
Clarinet. Nominal pitch: A (Louis Kolbe) : DEMOUNTED IN SECTIONS
Repro Rights Statement: 
© The University of Edinburgh
Repro Publication Status: 
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