Clarinet, B-flat

Date1875-1890 ca.

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

Serial No.none

SignedOn barrel, bell, top and bottom joints: MARTIN FRES / [fermata] / A PARIS / (all within cartouche) / MF (monogram) / B
On middle joint: MF (monogram)
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 brass keys with flat, round covers; no ring keys; boxwood body with horn ferrules; no rollers for little finger keys; no patent C-sharp; in Continental style with sixth key for C-sharp/G-sharp and straight F-sharp/C-sharp key shank and gradual bottom joint "bulge"; mouthpiece not original.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete (top of barrel to bottom of bell): 571 mm
Complete (top of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 643 mm
Length: 57.2 cm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.4 mm
Barrel: 52 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.6 mm
Top joint: 182 mm
Bore at bottom of mid joint: 14.5 mm
Mid joint: 98 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 21.6 mm
Bottom joint: 128 mm
Bell: 106 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesJerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made between 1800 and 1880 from the Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1983. p. 23; plate II, p. 27.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number01357

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