Clarinet, B-flat
Date1800-1830 ca.
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
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"; wood mouthpiece typical of period and may be original.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Mouthpiece: 69 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 12.7-13.0 mm (not round)
Barrel: 48 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.7 mm
Upper joint: 186 mm
Bore at bottom of mid joint: 14.0 mm
Mid joint: 89 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 21.7 mm
Lower joint: 129 mm max.
Outer diameter of bell: 78 mm
Bell: 107 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. 25; plate II, p. 27.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01358
On View
Not on view
1840-1870 ca.
1815 ca.