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Clarinet, B-flat
Maker: Ferdinand Steiniger
Date: 1850-1875 ca.
Place Made:Erlbach, Germany, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on lower joint: [crown] / F. STEINIGER / B
Stamped on barrel and upper joint: B
Stamped on barrel and upper joint: B
Markingsnone
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 10 touchpieces; no rings; boxwood wood; nickel silver ferrules and keys; keys have domed pad cups; integral wood thumbrest.; wood mouthpiece has metal tip and lay, appears to be period or maybe original.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 56.7 cm
Bell: 103 mm
Upper joint: 183 mm
Max outer diameter of bell: 81 mm
Lower joint: 223 mm
Barrel: 58 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.8 mm
Length: 56.7 cm
Bell: 103 mm
Upper joint: 183 mm
Max outer diameter of bell: 81 mm
Lower joint: 223 mm
Barrel: 58 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.8 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. 116-117, 178 and 120 (Plate).
Object number: 02841