Clarinet, B-flat
Date1860-1865 ca.
Place MadeMilan, Italy, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedSeparate brass badge soldered onto bell: PELITTI MH (monogram)] MILANOMarkingsnone
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.
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02514
On View
Not on view
1865-1900 ca.
