Clarinet, C
Date1800-1830 ca.
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Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 5 touchpieces; no rings; boxwood body; horn ferrules; brass keys with flat, round key flaps; gradual slope of bottom joint mount indicates Continental origin (perhaps Germany or France).
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 51.2 cm
Upper joint: 164 mm
Barrel: 59 mm
Middle joint: 88 mm
Bell: 96 mm
Lower joint: 113 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.5 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 13.4 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. 151-152, 177, and 155 (Plate).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02856
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1800-1830 ca.
1800-1850 ca.
1800-1830 ca.
1840-1870 ca.