Clarinet, B-flat
Date1800-1850 ca.
Place MadeGermany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 5 touchpieces; no rings; boxwood body; horn ferrules; brass keys with flat, round key flaps; gentle slope of bottom joint mount in Continental style, so problably made in Continental Europe; mouthpiece appears to be period.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Length: 57.6 cm
Upper joint: 183 mm
Mouthpiece: 67 mm
Middle joint: 91 mm
Barrel: 60 mm
Lower joint: 128 mm
Bell: 108 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 13.3 mm
Bore at bottom of middle joint: 13.7 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. 170-171, 177, and 174 (Plate).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02874
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1800-1830 ca.
1800-1830 ca.
1840-1870 ca.
1800-1830 ca.