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Clarinet, B-flat
Maker: Martin frères
Date: 1875-1904 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedAll joints: [bee] / MARTIN FRES / A / PARIS / MF (monogram) / B
Markingsnone
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 13 salt-spoon shaped brass keys; no rings; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; keys mounted on posts.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Height: 57.0 cm
Mouthpiece: 74 mm
Upper joint: 183 mm
Barrel: 54.7 mm
Lower joint: 232 mm
Bell: 108 mm
Maximum diameter of bell: 81 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.4 mm
Height: 57.0 cm
Mouthpiece: 74 mm
Upper joint: 183 mm
Barrel: 54.7 mm
Lower joint: 232 mm
Bell: 108 mm
Maximum diameter of bell: 81 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.4 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
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. 90; Plate XI, p. 92.
Object number: 02830