Clarinet, E-flat
Maker
Roger J. Ward
Date1860-1862 ca.
Place MadeLiverpool, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: R,J,WARD. /104 Whitechapel (in script with decorative flourishes) / Liverpool (underlined with decorative flourishes)Markingsnone
Description3 sections: barrel, one-piece body, bell. "Albert" system; 12 touchpieces with salt-spoon pad cups; 2 rings; brass body and keys, rings; double-wall construction; no rollers for little finger keys; no patent C-sharp; top tenon of body acts like tuning slide with barrel.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 412 mm
Barrel: 31 mm
One-piece body: 299 mm
Bell: 80 mm
Bore at top of body: 12.6 mm
Bore at bottom of body: 19.5 mm
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 Music Museum, MM Thesis, USD 1983, p. 41; Plate IV, p. 43.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02515
On View
Not on view1840-1860 ca.
1840-1860 ca.