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Clarinet, B-flat, low pitch (composite)

Clarinet, B-flat, low pitch (composite)

Maker: Penzel Mueller & Pruefer, Inc.
Date: 1920-1940 ca.
Place Made:New York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No: 3498
SignedOn top and bottom joints: [eagle] / PENZEL MULLER / 7 PRUEFER INC. / NEW YORK (in oval cartouche) / L.P / B
On bell: LP / B / KLEARTONE / Professional / PARIS
MarkingsTop of top joint has a metal band (for repair?) and initials are scratched into the metal: EM
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom, bell that is not original. "Albert" system; 13 touchpieces, 5 rings; wood body parts; ebonite or plastic bell; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; has rollers for little finger keys; has patent C-sharp; has elegant curved keywork typical of many Penzel-Mueller clarinets. Gustave Prueffer was president of Penzel and Mueller from ca 1920 until succeeded by own manufacturing company ca. 1942 named Prueffer Mfg. Co.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 605 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.5 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 01574