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Clarinet, C

Trade Name: Henry Pourcelle
Date: 1880-1920 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on body: [ship with main mast open, on hull of ship: PARIS] / HENRY POURCELLE / PARIS / FRANCE (all within oval cartouche) / C

On top joint: HENRY POURCELLE / PARIS / FRANCE (all within oval cartouche)
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom jint, bell. "Albert" system; 13 touchpieces; 2 rings; wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; no rollers for little finger keys; has patent c-sharp; open toneholes have metal bushings (rings) around each one flush with the surrounding body.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 509 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.7 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 00777