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Clarinet, B-flat, high pitch

Date: 1903 ca.

Place Made:Paris, France, Europe

Model: No. 1B*

Serial No: 638R

SignedStamped on one-piece body: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCE

Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / C. FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE ("MADE IN FRANCE" is printed upsidedown)

MarkingsStamped on the underside of the left hand little finger f-sharp/c-sharp'' key: X
Stamped on the underside of the right hand little finger e/b' key: Q
Stamped on the underside of the additional right hand little finger e-flat/b-flat' key: Q

Description2 sections: one-piece body, bell - missing barrel. Full-Boehm system; 20 keys, 6 rings; Grenadilla wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; wrap-around register key; articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key with right-hand banana key between first and second right-hand finger rings for trill; alternate a-flat/e-flat key for left-hand little finger; low e-flat key for right-hand little finger.

DimensionsOverall length (from tip of one-piece body to bottom of bell): 533 mm
One-piece body: 436 mm
Bell: 98.2 mm
Bore at top of one-piece body: 14.4 mm
Bore at bottom of one-piece body: 22 mm

Terms

Clarinet

Credit Line: W. Wayne Sorensen Collection, 1982

Not on view

Object number: 03057