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Clarinet, E-flat

Clarinet, E-flat

Date: 1896-1900 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Model: No. 7*
Serial No: M83
SignedStamped on barrel and bottom joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCE

Stamped on top joint: BRÉVETÉS / S.G.D.G. / MADE IN FRANCE

Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / C. FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE
MarkingsStamped under the right hand little finger f/c'' key: R
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 13 keys; 2 rings; wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; no little finger rollers; has patent C-sharp.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 477.0 mm
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 412.0 mm
Barrel: 39.2 mm
Upper joint: 122.0 mm
Bottom joint: 170.0 mm
Bell: 80.1 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 12.9 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.1 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 19.7 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 02292