Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Date1936-1937 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelNo. R16
Serial No.19368
SignedStamped on barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCEMarkingsStamped on the underside of the additional right hand little finger e-flat/b-flat' key: V
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Full-Boehm system; 20 keys, 7 rings; Grenadilla wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat; vent hole between second and third left-hand finger rings under alternate e-flat/b-flat key for intonation; bottom tenon has tonehole for the articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key; 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; extended range low e-flat key with elongated body.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 705 mm
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 635 mm
Barrel: 66.8 mm
Upper joint: 180 mm
Bottom joint: 280 mm
Bell: 107.6 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: 22.5 mm
ProvenancePreviously owned and used by donor's mother, Joyce Beck. She was given the clarinet as a present in 1947 by her grandparents, who bought it from a music store in Sioux City, Iowa. Beck was then a Junior at Tyndall High School, Tyndall, South Dakota (now known as Bon Homme High School). She played it for the last time in 1997.
Credit LineGift of Karen Streiff, 2008
Object number13780
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