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Clarinet, B-flat, high pitch or low pitch
Clarinet, B-flat, high pitch or low pitch
Clarinet, B-flat, high pitch or low pitch

Clarinet, B-flat, high pitch or low pitch

Trade Name
Distributor (distributor)
Date1910-1920 ca.
Place MadeAustria, Europe
Model"Patent Two-Pich Clarinet" (advertised in Sears Catalogs 1910-1920)
Serial No.none
SignedOn bell: CARL / SCHUBERT / Bb / AUSTRIA
MarkingsOn top joint near barrel: PATENT / APPLIED FOR / Bb
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 13 touchpieces; 4 rings; wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; has rollers for little finger keys; has patent C-sharp; "Carl Schubert Patent Two-Pitch" model that changes from high pitch to low pitch with walled socket between top and bottom joints, tunable barrel and bottom joint. See NMM 1643 for another "Carl Schubert Patent Two-Pitch" clarinet.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell, measured at shortest setting: 574 mm
Bore at inner slide of bottom joint socket: 14.9 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesReeves, Deborah "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet 47 No. 1 (Dec. 2019): 38-41.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00760
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