Clarinet, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
Couesnon & Cie
Date1900-1925 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE PARIS (within a ribbon) [medal hanging from the ribbon by two strings] / HORS CONCOURS / MEMBRE OU JURY / [grenade design] / (within an oval cartouche) COUESNON & CIE / (illegible)…LEME / PARIS
Stamped on front of top joint: B♭ / LP / COUESNON / & CIE / A PARIS
MarkingsStamped on back of top joint: FRANCE
Stamped on bottom joint: B / LP / “France”
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 13 touchpieces, 4 rings; wood body and ebonite bell; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules.Has rollers on little finger keys; has patent C-sharp.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 590 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.8 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00518
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