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Clarinet, B-flat
Maker: Giuseppe Clemente Pelitti
Date: 1860-1865 ca.
Place Made:Milan, Italy, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedSeparate brass badge soldered onto bell: PELITTI MH (monogram)] MILANO
Markingsnone
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 13 touchpieces; no rings; metal body and keys; double-wall construction; no rollers for little finger keys; no patent C-sharp.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 578 mm
Impossible to get individual section measurements and bore measurements since ALL joints are "frozen" together.
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 578 mm
Impossible to get individual section measurements and bore measurements since ALL joints are "frozen" together.
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesJerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the Collections of the Shrine to Muisc Museum, MM Thesis, USD 1983, p. 39; Plate IV, p. 43.
Object number: 02514