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Clarinet, B-flat
Maker: H. N. White Company
Date: 1928-1932 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: American Standard 245
Serial No: 2899
SignedStamped on bell of one-piece body:
AMERICAN / -STANDARD- / MADE BY / KING / CRAFTSMEN / THE H.N. WHITE CO. / CLEVELAND / OHIO
AMERICAN / -STANDARD- / MADE BY / KING / CRAFTSMEN / THE H.N. WHITE CO. / CLEVELAND / OHIO
Markingsnone
Description2 sections: barrel with socket, one-piece body and bell. Boehm system; silver-pated metal body and keys, rings; single-wall construction. American Standard model was a long-lived model with metal clarinets advertised at least 1930-1962.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 674.0 mm
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 600.0 mm
Barrel: 67.9 mm
One-piece body: 557.0 mm
Bore at top of one-piece body: 17.1 mm
Overall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 674.0 mm
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 600.0 mm
Barrel: 67.9 mm
One-piece body: 557.0 mm
Bore at top of one-piece body: 17.1 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesDeborah Check Reeves, "Historically Speaking" in "The Clarinet." Vol. 42 No. 1, December 2014, pp. 26-27.
Object number: 01883