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Clarinet, A

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Clarinet, A

Date: 1850 ca.
Place Made:Bohemia, Europe
Place Made:Germany, Europe
Serial No: 12
Signednone
MarkingsStamped on bell and top joint: A
Stamped on bottom joint, and between the 2 longest keys on the middle joint: 12
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 brass keys with domed pad cups, mounted in ring, one block, and lower stock bulge, with springs attached to keys; boxwood body; stained wooden ferrules; sixth key is a C-sharp/G-sharp, mounted on brass pillars; wooden mouthpiece.
DimensionsLength (top of barrel to bottom of bell): 606.5 mm
Mouthpiece: 74 mm
Barrel: 49.5 mm
Top joint: 208 mm
Middle joint: 102 mm
Bottom joint: 142 mm
Bell: 96 mm
max diameter of bell: 78 mm
(all measurements excluding tenons)
ProvenanceLikely previously owned by Hannah Levtzow, Redfield, South Dakota. About 1970, purchased by Arne B. Larson, Vermillion, South Dakota.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988
Not on view
Object number: 04697