Clarinet, D, high pitch
Trade Name
Henri Gunckel
Date1875-1885 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped variously on barrel, top and bottom joints, and bell: [three-valved trumpet] / HENRY GUNCKEL / PARIS / HG (monogram) / DMarkingsScratched into bottom joint: 1879 "Babe"
Scratched into wooden moutpiece: Babe
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 12 touchpieces, 2 rings; wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; no little finger rollers; no patent C-sharp.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 43.4 cm
Upper joint: 146 mm
Barrel: 32 mm
Lower joint: 172 mm
Bell: 82 mm
Maximum diameter of bell: 68.5 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.0 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. 156-157, 179, and 162 (Plate).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02858
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