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Clarinet, B-flat
Distributor: W. H. Hayden
Date: 1835–1886 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedAll sections: [crown] / W. H. HAYDEN / LONDON
Markingsnone
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 8 keys with flat, square key flaps; no rings; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; brass keys; F-sharp/C-sharp is "cranked" in English style.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 59.8 cm
Upper joint: 195 mm
Barrel: 57 mm
Middle joint: 102 mm
Bell: 114 mm
Lower joint: 126 mm
Maximum diameter of bell: 79 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.7 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 13.5 mm
Length: 59.8 cm
Upper joint: 195 mm
Barrel: 57 mm
Middle joint: 102 mm
Bell: 114 mm
Lower joint: 126 mm
Maximum diameter of bell: 79 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.7 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 13.5 mm
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. 97; Plate XII, p. 99.
Object number: 02833