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Clarinet, E-flat
Distributor: Klemm & Brother
Date: 1820-1875 ca.
Place Distributed:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Serial No: none
Signedupper joint: KLEMM & BRO. / PHILA.
Markingsnone
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; five keys with flat, round key flaps; no rings; boxwood body; horn ferrules; brass keys; E/B touch piece and shank are missing but pad flap is still present.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length 43.1 cm
Mouthpiece (not original): 56 mm
Upper joint: 134 mm
Barrel: 44 mm
Middle joint: 70 mm
Bell: 88 mm
Lower joint: 92 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 11.7 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 12.1 mm
Length 43.1 cm
Mouthpiece (not original): 56 mm
Upper joint: 134 mm
Barrel: 44 mm
Middle joint: 70 mm
Bell: 88 mm
Lower joint: 92 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 11.7 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 12.1 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. 146-147, 177, and 148 (Plate).
Object number: 02854