Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
Thomas Key
Date1812-1830 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on upper and both lower joints: 6 / KEY / LONDON / [unicorn]Stamped on bell: 6 / KEY / LONDON / [unicorn] / 20 – CHARING CROSS
Markingsnone
Description4 sections: top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell -- missing barrel. Simple system; 6 touchpieces (altered from 10 with plugged toneholes, but the 10 key version was altered from what it was originally), no rings; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; brass keys with flat, square key flaps; 6th key is for trill in English style; F-sharp/C-sharp key is "cranked" in English style.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 56.6 cm
Bell: 116 mm
Upper joint: 192 mm
Max external diameter of bell: 77 mm
Middle joint: 106 mm
Lower joint: 126 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.8 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 14.0 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. 111; Plate XIV, p. 113.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02839
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