Clarinet, B-flat
Date1820-1840 ca.
Place MadeLille, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on top and bottom joints, and bell: [five-pointed star] / JACQUES / PRINTEMPS / A LILLE / [five-pointed star] Stamped on lower joint and bell: B / 4Stamped on upper joint between second and third tone holes: B
Markingsnone
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 13 touchpieces; no rings; boxwood body; brass and ivory ferrules; brass keys with salt-spoon pad cups; brass thumbrest that appears to have been added later and brass bushing in left hand thumb hole.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 59.2 cm
Bell: 113 mm
Upper joint: 180 mm
Max diameter of bell: 88 mm
Lower joint: 231 mm
Barrel: 58.2 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 15.2 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. 114-115, 179 and 120 (Plate).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02840
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1840-1860 ca.
1840-1860 ca.
