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Clarinet, B-flat
Clarinet, B-flat
Clarinet, B-flat

Clarinet, B-flat

Date1825-1850 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [star] / BUFFET, / A PARIS. / [star]
Markingsnone
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 brass keys with domed, round covers, mounted on pillars attached to oval plates, with springs attached to keys; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; sixth key is a C-sharp/G-sharp.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 595 mm
Barrel: 60 mm
Upper joint: 178 mm
Middle joint: 98 mm
Bottom joint: 136 mm
Bell: 113 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 13.7 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 14 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 22.2 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from William J. Maynard of Massapequa, New York.
Published References"Recent Acquisitions." _America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 24, no. 2 (January 1997): 6.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1997
Object number05996
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