Clarinet, B-flat
Trade Name
Henri Gunckel
Date1875-1900 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on barrel, top and bottom joints, and bell: [three-valved trumpet] / HENRY GUNCKEL / PARIS / HG [monogram] / BMarkingsnone
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 13 touchpieces, no rings; boxwood with ivory ferrules; nickel silver keys with salt-spoon pad cups.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Height: 57.5 cm
Mouthpiece: 73 mm
Upper joint: 183 mm
Barrel: 55 mm
Lower joint: 199 mm
Bell: 107 mm
Max diameter of bell: 80 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.5 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, University of South Dakota, 1983. p. 86; Plate XI, p. 92.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02828
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