Clarinet, C
Distributor
A. McQueen
Date1848-1883 ca.
Place MadeColchester, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedAll joints: A McQUEEN / COLCHESTER / CMarkingsnone
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 keys (6th key is for trill) with square, flat keys flaps; no ring keys; boxwood body; ivory ferrules (missing bell ring); brass keys; F-sharp/C-sharp is "cranked" in English style.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 53.4 cm
Barrel: 54 mm
Upper joint: 166 mm
Bell: 104 mm
Middle joint: 94 mm
Lower joint: 114 mm
Maximum external diameter of bell (NB ring is missing): 60 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 12.3 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 12.1 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. 104; Plate XIII, p. 106.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02836
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