Clarinet, B-flat, high pitch/low pitch
Trade Name
Carl Schubert
Distributor
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
(distributor)
Date1910-1920 ca.
Place MadeAustria, Europe
Model"Patent Two-Pitch Clarinet " (advertised in Sears Catalogs 1910-1920)
Serial No.none
SignedStamped inside oval on bell: CARL / SCHUBERT / Bb / AUSTRIAMarkingsStamped on top joint: PATENT / APPLIED FOR / Bb
Stamped on bottom joint: Bb
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 13 touchpieces; 4 rings; wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; has rollers for little finger keys; has patent C-sharp; "Carl Schubert Patent Two-Pitch" model that changes from high pitch to low pitch with walled socket between top and bottom joints, tunable barrel and bottom joint. See NMM 746 for another "Carl Schubert Patent Two-Pitch" clarinet.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell, measured at shortest setting: 580 mm
Bore at inner slide of bottom joint socket: 14.9 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesReeves, Deborah "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet 47 No. 1 (Dec. 2019): 38-41.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01643
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