Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Date1964-1966
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelNo. R14-1/2
Serial No.87144
SignedStamped on barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie (in script) / A PARIS (from BUFFET all within oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCEDescription4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Boehm system; 18 keys, 7 rings; Grenadilla wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; forked e-flat/b-flat key and ring for top joint third finger hole; articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key: elongated tenon on bottom of top joint that has the tonehole for c-sharp/g-sharp drilled into it; tenon fits into socket at top of bottom joint, which is lined in metal; bottom joint has an extra "banana" key between the first and second fingerholes that operates the c-sharp/g-sharp key.
This clarinet, and its partner NMM 14540 Buffet clarinet in A match 1969 catalog description of "Buffet Master Matched clarinet Sets."
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): cannot be measured / ill-fitting cork
Overall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 595.5 mm
Barrel: 65.4 mm
Upper joint: 180 mm
Bottom joint: 244 mm
Bell: 106 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.7 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.5 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 21.6 mm
ProvenanceThis clarinet (a set with NMM 14540) was the personal clarinet of André P. Larson, the founding director of the NMM, who was a clarinetist.
Published ReferencesReeves, Deborah Check. "Historically Speaking." _The Clarinet_ 50, No. 3 (June 2023): 28-31.
Credit LineGift of André P. Larson, 2011
Object number14539
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