Clarinet, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Distributor
Carl Fischer
Date1904 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelNo. 7C*
Serial No.T674
SignedStamped on barrel: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCE / LPStamped on top joint and bottom joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCE
Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / C. FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE
MarkingsStamped under the right hand little finger f/c'' key: C
Numbers have been scratched into the keys.
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. "Albert" system; 13 keys; 5 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.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 635 mm
Overall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 565 mm
Barrel: 63.8 mm
Upper joint: 173 mm
Bottom joint: 236 mm
Bell: 102.2 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.5 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.6 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 21.8 mm
ProvenanceThe donor’s husband purchased this clarinet about 1920 and played it in a small dance band in southwestern Colorado. He also played it while at University of Denver, from which he graduated in 1939.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Vern Cato, 1990
Object number04917
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