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Alto clarinet, E-flat, low pitch

Alto clarinet, E-flat, low pitch

Date: 1879-1898 ca.
Place Made:New York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on metal plaque attached to top joint: Wm G. SCHULZE / MAKER / NEW YORK
Markingsnone
Description4 sections: metal neck, wood top joint, wood bottom joint, wood bell. "Albert" system; 15 touchpieces including 2 plateau keys, 2 rings; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; has only one register vent with only one thumb key; has rollers for left side little finger keys only; no patent C-sharp; wood bell goes straight out from bottom joint.
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesSusan Berdahl, “The First Hundred Years of the Boehm Flute in the U.S., 1845-1945,” Ph.D. dissertation, 1985, pp. 695-699.
Object number: 02336