Clarinet, B-flat, high pitch
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Date1888 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelNo. 2*
Serial No.363C1
SignedStamped on top joint and bottom joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) 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.P.
MarkingsStamped on the underside of the right hand little finger f-sharp/c-sharp key: O
Stamped on the underside of the right hand little finger e/b key: C
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Improved Boehm system; 17 keys, 6 rings; Grenadilla wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; wrap-around register key; doughnut ring-key on second tonehole; third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 640 mm
Overall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 566 mm
Barrel: 66.4 mm
Upper joint: 176 mm
Bottom joint: 225 mm
Bell: 99.9 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 15.1 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.7 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 22.1 mm
(all measurements exclude tenons)
ProvenancePurchased by the donor from Engels Music Co., Aberdeen, South Dakota, October 1972.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Estate, 1988
Object number04582
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