Clarinet, B-flat
Date1840-1860 ca.
Place MadeBohemia, Austria, Europe
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Description3 sections: one-piece barrel and top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 8 touchpieces with salt-spoon pad cups; no rings; boxwood body; brass keys and ferrules.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 58.6 cm
Upper joint: 248 mm
Mouthpiece: 67 mm
Lower joint: 220 mm
Bell: 113 mm
Maximum diameter of bell: 83 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.4 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. 153-154, 178, and 155 (Plate).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02857
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1840-1860 ca.
1840-1870 ca.