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Clarinet, B-flat
Trade Name: Empire State (trade name of Penzel & Mueller)
Maker: Walter Mueller
Date: 1920-1955 ca.
Place Made:Long Island City, New York, United States, North America
Serial No: 661
SignedOn bell: THE EMPIRE STATE (text curves in a half-circle) / DESIGNED & MADE BY / WALTER W. MUELLER / LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
MarkingsStamped on top joint: 661
Description2 sections: barrel with socket, one-piece body and bell. Boehm system; metal body and keys, rings; single-wall construction.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 594 mm
Bore at top of body: 14.9 mm
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 594 mm
Bore at top of body: 14.9 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published References"Historically Speaking," Deborah Check Reeves, The Clarinet, Vol. 44, no. 4, Sept. 2017, pp. 28-29.
Object number: 01930