Clarinet, A, low pitch
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Date1901-1905 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.203S
SignedStamped on top joint and bottom joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE / LPMarkingsnone
Description2 sections: top joint, bottom joint -- missing barrel and bell. "Albert" system; 13 touchpieces; 4 rings; wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; has rollers for little finger keys; has patent C-sharp.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from top of top joint to bottom of bottom joint): 499.0 mm
Upper joint: 211.0 mm
Bottom joint: 256.0 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.7 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.7 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 22.3 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04268
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