Clarinet in E-flat

Steiner Söhne

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Overall size: 478
Bore: c-hole 10.4; f-hole 10.7
Conical part: 98

Technical description: Boxwood with horn ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Rosewood mouthpiece grooved for cord. Flask shaped unstamped barrel does not fit to tenon of upper section. Square wooden rings. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Guidance for straight F♯3/C♯5 lever. Integral wooden rim.

L0:   T; speaker.
L1:   T; throat A♮.
L2:   T.
L3:   T.
L4:   E3/B♮4; F♯3/C♯5.
R1:   T.
R2:   T.
R3:   T.
R4:   T; G♯3/E♭5.

Keyhead type: flat round.
Keymount type: turned wooden rings and swelling.
Inscribed on upper and lower section: asterisk /"STEINER / SÖHNE" / butterfly / asterisk; on bell: asterisk / butterfly / asterisk; on middle joint "Es".
Playing accessories: one reed and cord (not original)
(Heike Fricke, 2014)

Clarinet in E-flat, Steiner Söhne, Boxwood, horn, brass, German

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Clarinet in E-flat, Steiner Söhne, Boxwood, horn, brass, German
Clarinet in E-flat, Steiner Söhne, Boxwood, horn, brass, German
Clarinet in E-flat, Steiner Söhne, Boxwood, horn, brass, German

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