Clarinet, B-flat
Date1800-1830 ca.
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
Description4 sections: top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell -- missing barrel. Simple system; 5 touchpieces, no rings; boxwood body; horn ferrules; brass keys with flat, round key flaps; gradual slope on bottom joint mount indicates probably made in Continental Europe.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length without barrel: 52.1 cm
Bore at top of top joint: 12.7 mm
Bell: 109 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.4 mm
Upper joint: 185 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 13.4 mm
Lower joint: 132 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 19.2 mm
Middle joint: 91 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. 142-143, 177, and 148 (Plate).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02852
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1800-1830 ca.
1800-1850 ca.
1800-1830 ca.
