Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
G. Leblanc
Date1958-1961 ca.
Place MadeLa Couture Boussey, Paris, France, Europe
ModelSymphonie 3, Model 1097
Serial No.652B
SignedStamped on top joint: Symphonie (in script) / -------- 3 --- / G / LEBLANC / PARIS [G/LEBLANC/FRANCE in lyre] / FRANCEStamped on bottom joint, barrels, and bell: Symphonie (in script) / -------- 3 --- / G / LEBLANC / PARIS [G/LEBLANC/FRANCE in lyre] / FRANCE
MarkingsEngraved on side of register left hand thumb key: Bob Lowry (in script)
Description4 sections: barrel, upper body joint, lower body joint, and bell. Has additional barrel. Grenadilla wood body with nickel-silver ferrules and keywork. Boehm system with 19 keys and 7 rings. Articulated g-sharp'' key. Forked b-flat''. Patented "jump" side keys. Left hand a-flat/e-flat'' touchpiece. "Bob Lowry" register key: touchpiece is much larger than usual and curves to fit above the thumb ring. Features US patent #1,926,489, issued in 1933 to Leon Leblanc, and US patent D185985, issued in 1959 to Robert E. Lowry.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 668 mm
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 591 mm
Barrel 1: 64 mm
Barrel 2: 66 mm
Upper joint: 184 mm
Bottom joint: 240 mm
Bell: 109 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.8 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.9 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 22.4 mm
ProvenancePreviously owned and played by Malvina Tott (1931-2006), local music educator who taught elementary band in the Westwood, Iowa school district, for 40-plus years.
Published ReferencesReeves, Deborah Check. “Historically Speaking.” _The Clarinet_ 34, No. 2 (March, 2007): 18.
Credit LineGift of Malvina Tott, 2006
Object number12658
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