Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Distributor
Carl Fischer
Date1904 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelNo. 7C*, 4 Rouleaux
Serial No.48U
SignedStamped on barrel: [music lyre] / H. SELMER / PARIS (H. SELMER / PARIS within oval cartouche) / HS (monogram)Stamped on top joint and bottom joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE
Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / C. FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 13 keys; 4 rings (2 brilles); wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; wrap-around register key; vent hole between the first and second tonehole; patent C-sharp; 4 rollers for both sets of little finger keys.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 634.0 mm
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 561.0 mm
Barrel: 59.2 mm
Upper joint: 175.0 mm
Bottom joint: 225.0 mm
Bell: 103.1 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.6 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.7 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 21.8 mm
ProvenanceAccording to donor, this clarinet is from Axel Frederickson, Duluth, Minnesota, a repairman at Brander's Music Company, 1971.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Estate, 1988
Object number04629
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