Clarinet, C
Maker
Chabrier Peloubet
Date1829-1836 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedUpper joint: ATWILL’S / MUSIC SALOON / N – YORK / C. PELOUBET / NEW – YORK / CBell: C. PELOUBET / NEW – YORK / C
Barrel and both lower joints: C. PELOUBET / NEW – YORK
Markingsnone
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 5 keys with flat square key flaps; boxwood; ivory ferrules; brass keys. Joseph F. Atwill's Music Saloon wa in New York City from 1833-1837.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons
Length: 52.5 cm
Upper joint: 168 mm
Middle joint: 85 mm
Lower joint: 115 mm
Barrel: 49.6 mm
Mouthpiece: 66 mm
Bell: 106 mm
Diameter of bell: 69 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.4 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 13.5 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesDeborah Check Reeves, "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet 50, No. 1 (December 2022), pp. 20-22.
Jerry 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. 53 plate VI p. 57, Appendix p. 177.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02652
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