Clarinet, A
Maker
Franz Carl Kruspe
Date1836-1875 ca.
Place MadeErfurt, Thuringia, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on upper joint, lower joint, and bell: [lyre] / [6-spoked wheel] / KRUSPE / ERFURT / AStamped 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
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. 121-122, 179, and 127 (Plate).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02843
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