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Clarinet, E-flat

Date: 1818-1821 ca.

Place Made:Paris, France, Europe

Place Distributed:New York, New York, United States, North America

Serial No: none

SignedStamped on bell: GODɆFROY / A PARIS. / J. A & W. GEIB (upside down) / MAIDEN LANE / 23
Stamped on bottom joint: [sunburst] / GODɆFROY / A PARIS.
Stamped on back of top joint and middle joint: J. A & W. GEIB

Markingsnone

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. Wooden mouthpiece.

DimensionsMouthpiece: 61.8 mm
Barrel: 42 mm
Top joint: 120 mm
Middle joint: 66 mm
Bottom joint: 96 mm
Bell length: 83 mm
Bell diameter: 70 mm
(all measurements excluding tenons)

ProvenanceAccording to the donor's family, previously owned and played by Harvey Gilbert French (b. Winchester, New Hampshire, May 30, 1809 - d. Washington County, Nebraska, January 30, 1888), probably during the Civil War. French was enlisted as a musician, June 19, 1861, at Fort Wayne, Michigan.

Gift of Mrs. Ralph Stuedeman, Flandreau, South Dakota, on behalf of the family of Harold and Leah Keating.

Terms

Clarinet

Credit Line: Gift of the family of Harold Keating, 1989

Not on view

Published References"Museum makes important acquisitions again in 1989." _The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 17, no. 2 (January 1990): 4.

Object number: 04663