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Clarinet, B-flat

Date: 1940-1957 ca.

Place Made:Paris, France, Europe

Model: No. 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.

Terms

Clarinet

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

Not on view

Object number: 01447