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Clarinet, B-flat
Maker: Goulding-Wood and Company
Date: 1815-1820 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on top and bottom joints: [fleur-de-lis] / GOULDING-WOOD & CO / PALL MALL / LONDON
Stamped on bell: [fleur-de-lis] / [indecipherable motif] / PATENT / GOULDING-WOOD & CO / PALL MALL / LONDON
Stamped on bell: [fleur-de-lis] / [indecipherable motif] / PATENT / GOULDING-WOOD & CO / PALL MALL / LONDON
MarkingsBottom two key discs marked: J. WOODS PATENT
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 brass keys with Wood-patent, disc covers with adjustment screws for making airtight seal against tone hole linings, mounted in blocks, with springs attached to keys; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; brass-lined top and bottom joints; brass-lined tone holes; sixth key is A/B trill; wooden mouthpiece with long tenon.
George Goulding first went into business on his own in 1785. Between 1798-1823, he was in various partnerships with Phipps, D'Almaine, Potter, and Wood, but the name of the firm still often appeared simply as Goulding & Co. It was not until 1823 that the firm became known as Goulding & D'Almaine.
James Wood was a skilled woodwind maker active in London from about 1799 to 1832, becoming partner in Goulding & Co. about 1810. He patented several interesting improvements to the clarinet, of which some are present in this instrument.
George Goulding first went into business on his own in 1785. Between 1798-1823, he was in various partnerships with Phipps, D'Almaine, Potter, and Wood, but the name of the firm still often appeared simply as Goulding & Co. It was not until 1823 that the firm became known as Goulding & D'Almaine.
James Wood was a skilled woodwind maker active in London from about 1799 to 1832, becoming partner in Goulding & Co. about 1810. He patented several interesting improvements to the clarinet, of which some are present in this instrument.
DimensionsOverall height: 595 mm
Mouthpiece: 63 mm (approx.)
Barrel: 49.5 mm
Upper joint: 194 mm
Lower joint: 231 mm
Bell: 116.5 mm
max diam of bell: 68.7 mm
(all measurements excluding tenons)
Mouthpiece: 63 mm (approx.)
Barrel: 49.5 mm
Upper joint: 194 mm
Lower joint: 231 mm
Bell: 116.5 mm
max diam of bell: 68.7 mm
(all measurements excluding tenons)
Terms
Credit Line: Gift of Frederic and Elisabeth Burt, 1981
Not on view
Published References"Important Acquisitions Made by Museum During 1981." _Shrine to Music Museum, Inc. Newsletter_ 9, no. 3 (April 1982): 3.
Kramer, Jerry E. _Clarinets Made between 1800 and 1880 from the Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum_. M.M. Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1983. (p. 172-173, 178 and 174 (plate))
Rice, Albert R. _The Clarinet in the Classical Period_. Oxford University Press, 2008. (p. 48)
"1980-1981 Acquisitions at USD Music Museum." _Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society_ 11, no. 1 (February 1982): 3.
Kramer, Jerry E. _Clarinets Made between 1800 and 1880 from the Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum_. M.M. Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1983. (p. 172-173, 178 and 174 (plate))
Rice, Albert R. _The Clarinet in the Classical Period_. Oxford University Press, 2008. (p. 48)
"1980-1981 Acquisitions at USD Music Museum." _Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society_ 11, no. 1 (February 1982): 3.
Object number: 02890