Clarinet, A

Date1901 ca.

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

ModelNo. 1B

Serial No.34P

SignedStamped on one-piece body: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / BREVETES / S.G.D.G. / 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) / MADE IN FRANCE / H. BETTONEY / BOSTON, MASS.
MarkingsStamped on the underside of the left hand little finger f-sharp/c-sharp'' key: H
Stamped on the underside of the right hand little finger e/b' key: S
Stamped on the underside of the additional right hand little finger e-flat/b-flat' key: S
Description2 sections: one-piece body, bell - missing barrel. Full-Boehm system; 20 keys, 6 rings; Grenadilla wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; 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): 571 mm
One-piece body: 473 mm
Bell: 99.1 mm
Bore at top of one-piece body: 15.2 mm
Bore at bottom of one-piece body: 21.4 mm
ProvenancePreviously owned by Ardeen Foss, a clarinet player and Director of Bands at Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Foss was President of the American Bandmasters Association at the time of his death in 1977.

Credit LineGift of Rachael Foss, 1978

Object number02621

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