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Clarinet, B-flat
Date: 1840-1860 ca.
Place Made:Bohemia, Austria, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
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
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.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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).
Object number: 02857