Clarinet, D
Date1840-1860 ca.
Place MadeSaxony, Germany
Place MadeEgerland, Austria-Hungary, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsInscribed by hand on bell: Henry Meyrose / Hanover / Germany / May 11 1803 / First Band in / Milwaukee
Upper and lower joints both stamped: D
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system. 5 brass keys with domed, round covers, mounted in rings and blocks, with springs attached to keys; boxwood body; horn ferrules; wooden mouthpiece.
DimensionsOverall length (with mouthpiece): 490 mm
Maximum bell diameter: 68 mm
Barrel: 39 mm
Upper joint: 144 mm
Lower joint: 174 mm
Bell: 79 mm
(excluding tenons)
ProvenanceLikely, originally owned by Henry Meyrose (1803-1889) of Hanover, Germany, who lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While details of his immigration are yet unknown, his wife, Agnes Meyrose, née Burger, arrived in 1832. The couple had their first child in Milwaukee (1836), indicating residency in the United States by that time.
Purportedly, previously owned by Arthur Fiedler, famed conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Published References"Recent Acquisitions." _The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 23, no. 4 (August 1996): 4.
Credit LineGift of William J. Maynard, 1996
Object number05922
On View
Not on view
1815 ca.
1885-1900 ca.
