Clarinet, C
Maker
Whitaker & Company
Date1823
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedBarrel, upper joint, and both lower joints: WHITAKER & Co / LONDON / CBell: [unicorn] / WHITAKER & Co / LONDON / 1823 / C
N.B. On the bell, the word, LONDON, was first stamped upside down, then stamped again, right side up, on top of the first stamping.
Markingsnone
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 keys (6th key is for trill in English style) with flat, square key covers; no rings; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; brass keys; register key shank is broken; F-sharp/C-sharp key is "cranked" in English style.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons
Length: 52.5 cm
Upper joint: 163 mm
Barrel: 51 mm
Middle joint: 94 mm
Bell: 104 mm
Lower joint: 110 mm
Maximum diameter of bell: 77 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 12.8 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 13.6 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. 95; Plate XII, p. 99.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02832
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