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Clarinet, A
Maker: Martin frères
Date: 1850-1875 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on all 4 joints, plus a trademark (a bee, according to Waterhouse): MARTIN / Freres / A PARIS / A
Markingsnone
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system, 13 keys with salt-spoon pad cups; no rings; cocuswood body; nickel-silver keys, ferrules.
DimensionsLength: 61.2 cm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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. 74; Plate IX p. 78.
Object number: 02781