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Clarinet, A
Maker: Franz Carl Kruspe
Date: 1836-1875 ca.
Place Made:Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on upper joint, lower joint, and bell: [lyre] / [6-spoked wheel] / KRUSPE / ERFURT / A
Stamped on barrel: [lyre] / [6-spoked wheel] / KRUSPE / ERFURT / B / [five-pointed asterisk]
Stamped on barrel: [lyre] / [6-spoked wheel] / KRUSPE / ERFURT / B / [five-pointed asterisk]
Markingsnone
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 13 touchpieces; 2 rings; curly boxwood with ivory ferrules; nickel silver keys; has rollers for little finger keys; no patent C-sharp; set with NMM 2844.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons
Length from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 61.5 cm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.4
Length from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 61.5 cm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.4
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. 121-122, 179, and 127 (Plate).
Object number: 02843