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Clarinet, B-flat

Date1849-1883 ca.

Place MadeSpeyer-am-Rhein, Germany, Europe

Serial No.none

SignedOn all sections: B / BERTHOLD / SPEYER / [depiction of a sun]MarkingsnoneDescription4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 14 touchpieces with round, flat key flaps; no rings; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; brass keys; left hand A-flat/E-flat; right hand side B-natural/F-sharp; independent throat G-sharp key; mouthpiece is period and may be original.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 589 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.2 mm

Length: 58 cm
Upper joint: 180 mm
Barrel: 70 mm
Lower joint: 228 mm
Bell: 104 mm
Maximum outer diameter of bell: 84.5 mm
Mouthpiece: 70 mm
All measurements excluding tenons
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. 128-129, 179, and 134 (Plate).

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number02846

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