Clarinet, A, high pitch
Maker
Lyon & Healy
Date1905 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelOwn Make
Serial No.1211
SignedStamped on top joint: LYON & HEALY / [ --- • --- ] / OWN MAKE / CHICAGO / A HStamped on bell: LYON & HEALY / [ --- • --- ] / OWN MAKE / CHICAGO
MarkingsStamped under f/c'' and f-sharp/c-sharp'' touchpiece: (illegible marks, perhaps numbers)
Description4 sections: barrel, upper body joint, lower body joint, and bell. Grenadilla wood body with nickel-silver ferrules and keywork. Albert system with 13 keys and 7 plateau keys (closed fingerholes). Wrap-around register key. Patent C-sharp. Little finger rollers. Bottom joint e/b' key has extra lever and spring to keep it as an "open" key, instead of usual "knuckle joint." Top joint e-flat'/b-flat'' key has only one tonehole with two touchpieces.
DimensionsOverall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 599 mm
Barrel: 60.0 mm
Upper joint: 196 mm
Bottom joint: 239 mm
Bell: 101.9 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.8 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.8 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 22.3 mm
ProvenancePreviously owned by donor's teacher, Caesar Mattei, Downey, California.
Published ReferencesReeves, Deborah Check. "Historically Speaking." _The Clarinet_ 40 No. 3 (June 2013): 24-25.
Credit LineGift of Robert D. Odle, 1998
Object number06168
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