Clarinet, E-flat
Date1860-1880 ca.
Place MadeGermany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsStamped on top and bottom joints: S
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 touchpieces with round, domed pad cups; no rings; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; nickel-silver keys; top joint bottom tenon has been cut off and last inch of joint has been rebored. Not sure how clarinet was put together to play under these circumstances.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 41.1 cm
Upper joint: 132 mm
Barrel: 37.7 mm
Lower joint: 160 mm
Bell: 80 mm
Maximum diameter of bell: 72.3 mm
Bore at top of top joint (since bottom tenon is missing): 11.5 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. 139-140, 178, and 141 (Plate).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02851
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1840-1860 ca.
1865-1900 ca.
1840-1860 ca.