Clarinet, E-flat
Date1800-1825 ca.
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Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 10 touchpieces, no rings; boxwood in English style with straight cut mounting ring on bottom joint for A-flat/E-flat; brass ferrules; brass keys; rollers on left hand little finger keys.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 48 cm
Bell: 80 mm
Max outer diameter of bell: 57 mm
Mouthpiece: 58 mm
Barrel: 47 mm
Upper joint: 136 mm
Lower joint: 163 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 11.9 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. 32; plate III p. 34.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01485
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