Clarinet, C
Date1823-1830 ca.
Place DistributedProvidence, Rhode Island, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on all joints: MUSIC SALOON / PROV.ᴱ R. I.Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, lower joint, and bell. Boxwood body with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Simple system; 12 keys with flat, square covers, mounted in blocks and lower bulge, with springs attached to keys; F-sharp/C-sharp is "cranked" in English style; independent throat G-sharp key.
DimensionsOverall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 519mm
Barrel: 54mm
Top joint: 167mm
Middle joint: 84mm
Bottom joint: 118mm
Bell: 96mm
Bell diameter: 75mm
Bore at top of top joint: 13.4mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 19.5mm
(all length measurements exclude tenons)
ProvenanceDonated by Robert Clark, Pilesgrove, New Jersey. The clarinet was kept in donor's family since at least about 1858. Part of donor's ancestors hail from North Attleboro, Massachusetts, which had train connection to Providence, Rhode Island. Donor has traced lineage and family history with details to that year and suspects clarinet was gifted to ancestor George Hawes.
Credit LineGift of Robert Clark, in honor of his mother Elizabeth V. Warren Clark, 2024
Object number15776
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