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Clarinet, D, high pitch

Clarinet, D, high pitch

Trade Name: Henri Gunckel
Date: 1875-1885 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped variously on barrel, top and bottom joints, and bell: [three-valved trumpet] / HENRY GUNCKEL / PARIS / HG (monogram) / D
MarkingsScratched 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.
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. 156-157, 179, and 162 (Plate).
Object number: 02858