Clarinet, A
Date1840-1860 ca.
Place MadeDresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on upper joint, both lower joints, and bell: DRESDEN / AMarkingsnone
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 10 touchpieces with domed pad cups; no rings; boxwood body; horn ferrules; brass keys; F-sharp/C-sharp key shank and E/B key shank have extenders that indicates this was probably part of a corps-de-rechange, A parts here and B-flat parts missing; wood mouthpiece with scoring for string ligature, period and maybe original.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 60.7 cm
Bell: 106 mm
Upper joint: 205 mm
Mouthpiece cap: 64mm
Middle joint: 104 mm
Barrel: 54 mm
Lower joint: 164 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.3 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. 118-119, 178 and 120 (Plate).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02842
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1825-1835 ca.
1840-1860 ca.