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Clarinet, E-flat

Date1820-1875 ca.

Place DistributedPhiladelphia, 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
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. 146-147, 177, and 148 (Plate).

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number02854

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