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Clarinet, F

Date: 1835-1845 ca.
Place Made:Pressburg, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Place Made:Bratislava, Slovakia, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bottom joint and bell, much degraded especially onbottom joint: [coat of arms] / SCHOLNAST / PRESBURG / F
Markingsnone
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 7 touchpieces, no rings; boxwood with horn ferrules; brass keys; ferrules missing except for bell.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Height from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 36.4 cm
Lower joint: 141 mm
Barrel: 31 mm
Bell: 69 mm
Upper joint: 118 mm
Max diam. of bell: 67 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 9.8 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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. 51, plate VI p. 57.
Object number: 02619