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Clarinet, C

Date: 1862-1893 ca.
Place Made:Ivry-la-Bataille, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedAll joints, in oval cartouche: EUGENE / THIBOUVILLE / A IVRY-LA-BATAILLE
Description3 sections: one-piece barrel and top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 13 touchpieces; 2 rings; wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; no little finger rollers; no patent C-sharp.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 50.25 cm
Bell: 97 mm
Mouthpiece: 72 mm
Upper joint: 202 mm
Maximum diameter or bell: 64 mm
Lower joint: 203 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. 144-145, 179, and 148 (Plate).
Object number: 02853