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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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1same direction, and an instrument, designed by him and called the Batyphone, was made shortly afterwards by the German maker Skorra. Not answering the expectations of the inventor it was afterwards discarded. Of late years, acting upon the advice of M. Poncellet, of the Brussels Conservatoire, M. Albert, of Brussels, has succeeded in constructing a contra-bass clarinet in F, an octave below the alto instrument. And last year an instrument of the same nature, but in design entirely new, was brought out under the auspices of M. Fontaine Besson, of Paris. This last contra-bass clarinet, constructed in B♭, an octave below the ordinary bass clarinet, possesses a chromatic scale as follows:—
3[Diagram: Contrabass Clarinet in F to Contrabass Clarinet in B♭]
5The arrangement of the tubing is ingenious, and can be best understood from the woodcut upon the opposite page. The arrangement of the keys is very simple, and the illustration, since it shows them all, needs therefore little explanation. The method of boring is peculiar, and consists of an ingenious combination of both cylinder and cone; and the tone produced by this novel instrument, resembling in quality that of the organ, will be probably found of great service, as a reed bass, in the orchestra.
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9TIBIA. Greek or Roman, facsimile. Length 1 foot 8 3/4 inches without reed, with reed 1 foot 11 inches. This is an exact reproduction of one of four instruments of this kind discovered, in 1876, at Pompeii, and now preserved in the Museum at Naples. This instrument is made of ivory, cased with silver or bronze. It has a cylindrical bore, and is pierced with eleven lateral holes. Fitting over the holes are eleven sliding sockets or shutters, any one of which can be closed, and thereby cut off communication with the air column inside the pipe. Small rings are soldered on to these shutters, and served probably to
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