Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
Ohio Band Instrument Company
(Division of F. A. Reynolds Company)
Distributor
F. A. Reynolds Company
Date1940-1950 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelRegent
Serial No.33791
SignedOn bell: [all within decorative crest, topped with crown] / The (in cursive) / Regent / OHIO BAND / INSTRUMENT CO. / CLEVELAND / O.Description2 sections: barrel with tenon and one-piece body and bell. Boehm system; metal body and keys; single-wall construction; has a distinctive E/B mechanism with an over-the-pad cup arm and an adjustment screw that was used on HN White clarinets and Ohio Band Instrument Company clarinets. Reynolds, before setting up his own business, had worked for HN White.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete, from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 589 mm
Bore at bottom of barrel: 14.8 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesDeborah Check Reeves, "Historically Speaking" in "The Clarinet." Vol. 44 No. 2 (March 2017), 22-23.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01551
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