Clarinet, B-flat, C
Date1825-1835 ca.
Place MadeVienna, Austria, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on B-flat upper joint, C upper joint, C lower joint, and bell: [Hapsburg eagle] / Wien (cursive)MarkingsStamped on upper, middle and lower joints of C clarinet, and bell: C
Stamped on upper and middle joints of B-flat clarinet: B
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell and extra top joint and bottom joint for corps-de-rechange with B-flat and C joints, although B-flat joints may not belong to this exact clarinet. Simple system; 5 touchpieces, no rings; boxwood body; horn herrules; brass keys with flat, square key flaps.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
B-flat clarinet:
Length from top of top joint to bottom of middle joint: 293 mm cm
Upper joint: 195 mm
Middle joint: 97 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 12.6 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 12.6 mm
C Clarinet:
Length from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 51.5 cm
Upper joint: 154 mm
Middle joint: 84 mm
Lower joint: 117.8 mm
Bell: 94.5 mm
Mouthpiece: 63.7 mm
Barrel: 61 mm
Diameter of bell: 87.6 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 12.5 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 12.8 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. 167-168, 177, and 169 (Plate).
André P. Larson, Amadeus: His Music and the Instruments of Eighteenth-Century Vienna. An Exhibition Presented by The Shrine to Music Museum . . . at the Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, February 4-March 2, 1990, p. 16 (illus.).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02872
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1840-1860 ca.