Clarinet, C
Maker
Christopher Gerock
Date1827-1837 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: [illegible mark] / C · GEROCK / 79 / CORNHILL / LONDON / [illegible mark]Stamped on barrel, middle joint, and bottom joint: C · GEROCK / LONDON
Stamped on top joint: [illegible mark] / C · GEROCK / 79 / CORNHILL / LONDON / [unicorn]
Markingsnone
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 brass keys with square, flat covers, mounted in blocks, with springs attached to keys; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; sixth key is a A/B trill; cocus (?) mouthpiece with long tenon; boxwood mouthpiece cap.
Christopher Adam Gerock (about 1772/3-1850) of German ancestry was a maker of musical instruments active in London between 1804 (same year he was naturalized by Act of Parliament, and granted freedom of the Company of Musicians) and 1837. He worked at 76 Bishopsgate until at least 1826. Between 1824 and 1826, he engaged in a partnership with the successors to George Astor (Gerock, Astor & Co.), operating at 79 Cornhill. The firm was known as C. Gerock & Co. during the period 1827-1837.
DimensionsOverall length (without mouthpiece): 537 mm
Mouthpiece: 56 mm
Upper joint: 167 mm
Barrel: 53 mm
Middle joint: 94 mm
Bell: 103 mm
Lower joint: 114 mm
Max diameter of bell: 77 mm
(all measurements excluding tenons)
ProvenancePurchased in 1948 from Alec Hodsdon, Lavenham, Suffolk, England.
Published References"Important Acquisitions made by the Museum in 1988." _The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 16, no. 2 (January 1989): 3.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Estate, 1988
Object number04450
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