Clarinet, G
Maker
Franz Czermak
Date1830 ca.
Place MadePrague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on all joints: F. CzermakStamped on the barrel: [Hapsburg eagle] / F. Czermak / Prag
MarkingsStamped on top joint: upside down “G” (below name)
Stamped on middle joint: “G” (below name)
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system. 5 brass keys with flat, square covers, mounted in rings, blocks, and lower stock bulge, with springs attached to keys; boxwood body; horn ferrules; darkwood (cocus?) mouthpiece with grooves for string ligature; boxwood mouthpiece cap.
DimensionsHeight with mouthpiece: 355 mm
Mouthpiece: 45 mm
Barrel: 31.5 mm
Upper joint: 92 mm
Middle joint: 54.5 mm
Bottom joint: 69.5 mm
Bell: 61.3 mm
max diam. of bell: 50 mm
(all measurements exclude tenons)
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Bernhard von Hünerbein, Cologne, West Germany.
Published ReferencesLarson, André P. _The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir_. Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988. (p. 37)
Rice, Albert R. "Small Clarinets: History, Instruments, and Music." _The Galpin Society Journal_ 70 (Mar 2017): 154.
"Important Acquisitions of 1985 Await New Galleries." _Shrine to Music Museum, Inc. Newsletter_ 13, no. 2 (January 1986): 2.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1985
Object number03590
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