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Clarinet, A, low pitch

Distributor Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.

Date1890-1910 ca.

Place DistributedCinncinati, Ohio, United States, North America

Serial No.none

SignedStamped on barrel:
A / L / [five point star] / THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO. (THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO. wrapped inside an oval cartouche) / [five point star] / HH

Stamped on top joint, bottom joint, and bell:
[five point star] / THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO. (THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO. wrapped inside an oval cartouche) / [five point star]
MarkingsHH: Carved into the back of the top joint, bottom joint, and bell
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 13 touchpieces; 2 rings; plastic or ebonite body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; no rollers for little finger keys; has patent C-sharp.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 618.0 mm
Barrel: 68.3 mm
Upper joint: 190.0 mm
Bottom joint: 252.0 mm
Bell: 103.9 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.7 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.9 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 21.8 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
This instrument was used in Pioneer Band, New Ulm, Minnesota 1890-1920, and also in the Minnesota 2nd Regiment Band, 1904-1917.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number00744

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