Clarinet, E-flat
Date1840-1860 ca.
Place MadeEngland, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 touchpieces, no rings; rosewood body; nickel silver ferrules and keys with salt-spoon pad cups; 6th key is for trill in English style; there is no tenon on mouthpiece, rather mouthpiece is inserted onto tenon on top of barrel.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 479 mm
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 417 mm
Barrel: 30 mm
Upper joint: 125 mm
Bottom joint: 170 mm
Bell: 89 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 11.9 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 11.8 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 15.4 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, M.M. thesis (University of South Dakota, 1983), pp. 158, 159, 162, Plate XXI.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02859
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1840-1870 ca.
1860-1880 ca.