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Clarinet, B-flat

Date: 1815-1840 ca.

Place Made:London, England, Europe

Serial No: none

SignedStamped on top joint: METZLER / LONDON / 105 . WARDOUR . St.
Stamped on middle and bottom joints: METZLER / LONDON
Stamped on bell: J . MUFF / LEEDS

Markingsnone

Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 5 brass keys with flat, square covers, mounted in blocks, with springs attached to keys; boxwood body; ivory ferrules.

DimensionsOverall length without mouthpiece: 605 mm (with a 3 mm gap between lower joint and bell, 3 mm gap between barrel and top joint
Barrel: 56 mm
Top joint: 190 mm
Middle joint: 102 mm
Bottom joint: 128 mm
Bell: 114 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 13.1 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 13.7 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 13.3 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 19.7 mm
(Measurements exclude tenons)

Terms

Clarinet

Credit Line: Gift of William J. Maynard, 1998

Not on view

Published References"Recent Acquisitions." _America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 26, no.1 (February 1999): 6.

Object number: 06182