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Clarinet, B-flat

Maker Buffet-Crampon & Cie

Distributor Harry Bettoney

Date1903-1907 ca.

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

Place DistributedBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

ModelNo. 7D

Serial No.54V

SignedStamped on top joint and bottom joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCE

Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET /
Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / H. BETTONEY / BOSTON, MASS.
Markingsnone
Description3 sections: top joint, bottom joint, bell -- missing barrel. "Albert" system; 12 keys; 4 rings; wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; missing several keys; no little finger rollers; has extra C-sharp/G-sharp touch in German style.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from top of top joint to bottom of bell): 504 mm
Upper joint: 173 mm
Bottom joint: 227 mm
Bell: 103.5 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.6 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.8 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 22.3 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number01606

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