Clarinet, C
Maker
Firth, Hall & Pond
Date1833-1847 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedUpper joint and bell: FIRTH HALL & POND / FRANKLIN SQE / N- YORK / CBarrel and middle and lower joints stamped: FIRTH HALL & POND / N- YORK
Markingsnone
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 5 brass keys with flat, square pad flaps; no ring keys; boxwood body in English style: bone tip and long tenon on mouthpiece; distinct straight cut on A-flat/E-flat mounting ring on bottom joint; cranked F-sharp/C-sharp key; no thumb rest.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 53.2 cm
Lower joint: 115 mm
Mouthpiece: 53 mm bell: 103 mm
Barrel: 55 mm
Max diameter of bell: 73 mm
Upper joint: 160 mm
Middle joint: 94 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.0 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 13.2 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. 35 Plate IV p. 43; Appendix p. 177.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01518
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