Clarinet, C
Maker
Moussetter
Date1790-1810 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on barrel, upper joint, middle joint, lower joint, and bell: [illegible mark] / MOUSSETTER / A PARIS / CMarkingsnone
DescriptionBoxwood body with horn ferrules. Simple system with 5 brass keys with square, flat covers.
Little is known about Moussetter, not even his full name. Only a few instruments survive with this mark, among them clarinets and flutes.
DimensionsOverall length (from top of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 595 mm
Overall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 525 mm
Barrel: 51 mm
Top joint: 158 mm
Middle joint: 90 mm
Bottom joint: 107 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 13.5 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.2 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 12.9 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 17.5 mm
(excluding tenons)
ProvenancePurchased in 2000 from Peter Koval, Vermillion, South Dakota.
Published References“Recent Acquisitions,” America’s Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 28, No. 1 (February 2001), p. 6.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 2000
Object number09927
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