Clarinet, B-flat, high pitch
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Distributor
Carl Fischer
Date1885 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelNo. 2B*
Serial No.1A355
SignedStamped on barrel and one-piece body: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCE / H.P.Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / C. FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE / H.P.
MarkingsStamped on the underside of the left hand little finger f-sharp/c-sharp'' key: A
Stamped on the underside of the right hand little finger e/b' key: S
Description3 sections: barrel, one-piece body, bell. Improved Boehm system; 19 keys, 6 rings; Grenadilla wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, and ferrules; doughnut ring-key on second tonehole; third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat; articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key with right-hand banana key between first and second right-hand finger rings for trill; alternate a-flat/e-flat key for left-hand little finger.
DimensionsOverall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 565 mm
Barrel: 66 mm
One-piece body: 400 mm
Bell: 98 mm
Bore at top of body joint: 14.9 mm
Bore at bottom of body joint: 22.2 mm
(all measurements excluding tenons)
ProvenanceFound by the donor in an antique shop, Flagstaff, Arizona, while working there as a band instrument repair technician. At that time, he restored it to playing condition.
Credit LineGift of Craig Anderson, 2003
Object number10503
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