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Clarinet, B-flat, high pitch

Clarinet, B-flat, high pitch

Date: 1890-1917 ca.
Place Made:La Couture, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell: "France" / [rooster] / FERNAND / Chapelain (script) / & Cie [monogram] / BTE S.G.D.G.
MarkingsStamped on top joint: "France" / B flat / HP
Stamped on bottom joint: B flat / HP
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 13 touchpieces, 4 rings; wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; no roller for little finger keys; has patent C-sharp.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 581 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.4 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 00514