Clarinet, B-flat, high pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1905 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelPerfected Wonder System
Serial No.10429
SignedOn bell: MADE BY / (script) C. G. Conn / ELKHART, IND.On barrel: Conn (script)
MarkingsOn body: B 10429 H
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 17 touchpieces; 6 rings and 1 split pateau key; "Perfected Wonder System" with many fingering alternates including Pupeschi key, left hand alternate F/C touchpiece, patent C-sharp, articulated G-sharp; split plateau key for first finger right hand allows for alternate A-flat/E-flat; ebonite body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; has rollers for little finger keys.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 572 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.9 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesDeborah Check Reeves. "Historically Speaking," The Clarinet, Vol. 45 No. 4 (Sept. 2018), pp. 20-21.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03813
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