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Clarinet, C

Maker John Ashton

Date1820-1849 ca.

Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

Serial No.none

SignedBell: [eagle] / J. ASHTON / BOSTON / C
Barrel and both lower joints: J. ASHTON / BOSTON
Upper joint: J. ASHTON / BOSTON / C
Markingsnone
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 5 keys with flat, round key flaps; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; brass keys; period mouthpiece with a long tenon. Ashton was primarily a dealer. The maker was probably Graves & Company.
DimensionsAll joints measured excluding tenons
Length: 53.5 cm
Upper joint: 167 mm
Middle joint: 95 mm
Lower joint: 114 mm
Barrel: 52.9 mm
Bell: 103.4 mm diam. of bell: 79.5 mm
Mouthpiece: 54.5 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 12.4 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 12.9 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, University of South Dakota, 1983. p. 69; plate VIII p. 71; Appendix p. 177.

Deborah Check Reeves, "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet (Vol. 46, No. 1), December 2018, 34-35.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number02768

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