Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
James Wood & Son
Date1821-1832 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: Jas. Wood & Son, (script) / NEW COMPTON STRT / 50 / SOHO / LONDONStamped on upper joint and both lower joints: Jas. Wood & Son, (script)
Markingsnone
Description4 sections: top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell -- missing barrel. Simple system; 5 touchpieces with flat, square key flaps, no rings; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; brass keys; top joint tenon is broke; F-sharp/C-sharp is "cranked" in English style.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length without barrel: 59.6 cm
Upper joint: 187 mm
Middle joint: 102 mm
Lower joint: 132 mm
Barrel: missing
Bell: 115 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.0 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 13.2 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. 102; Plate XIII, p. 106, Appendix p. 177.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02835
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