Clarinet, B-flat
Date1825-1870 ca.
Place MadeFulda, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedOn upper joint, lower joint, and bell: [lion rampant] / (script) Mollenhauer. / (script) Fulda / BMarkingsnone
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 12 keys with flat, round key flaps; no rings; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; brass keys; Integral wood thumbrest; independent throat g-sharp key; two right hand side keys: for F/C amd other trill for A-B or B-flat-C; late bore flare on bottom joint in German style; period mouthpiece that may be original.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 578 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.5 mm
Height: 51.8 cm
Upper joint: 187 mm
Lower joint: 226 mm
Barrel: 59.5 mm
Bell: 108 mm
Mouthpiece (chipped at tip): 66.5 cm
Max diameter of bell: 90.5 mm
All measurements excluding tenons
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. 76, Plate IX p. 78.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02824
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