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Clarinet, B-flat

Date1940-1957 ca.

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

ModelNo. R13

Serial No.51571

SignedStamped on barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCE
MarkingsStamped on the underside of the left hand little finger f-sharp/c-sharp'' key: G
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Boehm system; 17 keys, 6 rings; Grenadilla wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 680 mm
Overall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 602 mm
Barrel: 66 mm
Upper joint: 188 mm
Bottom joint: 236 mm
Bell: 107 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.6 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.4 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 21.7 mm
ProvenancePurchased by Lila M. Anderson, Philip, South Dakota, from Gullion’s Band Shop in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Credit LineGift of Lila M. Anderson's sisters, Helen Hulsebus and Opal Stinson, 1976

Object number01447

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