Clarinet, A, low pitch
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Distributor
Carl Fischer
Date1908-1913 ca..
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.220D1
SignedStamped on one-piece body: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCE / LPStamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / C.FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE / LP
Markingsnone
Description2 sections: one-piece body, bell -- missing barrel. "Albert" system; 14 touchpieces; 6 rings; wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; has rollers for little finger keys; has patent C-sharp; has articulated C-sharp/G-sharp; has fork E-fllat/B-flat; has a connector under C-sharp/G-sharp key to the E/B key in a Pupeschi-like articulation; possibly part of "matched" set with NMM 1410.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from top of one-piece body to bottom of bell): 576.0 mm
One-piece body: 467.0 mm
Bell: 109.8 mm
Bore at top of one-piece body: 14.5 mm
Bore at bottom of one-piece body: 21.9 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01409
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