Clarinet, A, high pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1905-1906 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelImproved System Wonder Clarinet
Serial No.10095
SignedOn bell: MADE BY / C.G. Conn (in cursive) / ELKHART / INDIANAOn barrel: Conn (in cursive)
MarkingsOn top joint above A key: OUR LABEL / [within chevron: MPB / B&SW] / FACTORY 34
Before serial #: A
After serial #: H (high pitch)
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 17 touchpieces; 5 rings; ebonite body; silver-plated keys, rings, ferrules; "Improved Wonder System" with many fingering alternates including Pupeschi key, left hand alternate F/C touchpiece, patent C-sharp, articulated G-sharp; has rollers for little finger keys.
Set of two clarinets with NMM #00735.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 611 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.9 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesDeborah Check Reeves. "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet, Vol. 45 No. 4 (Sept. 2018), pp. 20-21.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00734
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