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Clarinet, C

Date: 1830 ca.

Place Made:Paris, France, Europe

Serial No: none

SignedStamped on barrel, top joint, middle 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 square, flat covers, mounted in rings and blocks, with springs attached to keys; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; sixth key is a C-sharp/G-sharp mounted on pillar attached to square plate.

DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 602mm
Barrel and Upper joint: 207mm
Middle joint and Bottom joint: 208mm
Bell: 116mm
Bore at top of top joint: 13.4mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.4mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 13.4mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 18.9mm

ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from William J. Maynard, Massapequa, New York.

Terms

Clarinet

Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 1997

Not on view

Published References"Recent Acquisitions." _America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 24, no. 2 (January 1997): 6.

Object number: 05997