Clarinet, A, Low Pitch
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Date1910 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelNo. 7C*, 4 Rouleaux
Serial No.589D1
SignedStamped on barrel 1: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script)Stamped on barrel 2: HENRI POURCELLE / PARIS / FRANCE (HENRI POURCELLE / PARIS / FRANCE within oval cartouche) / A
Stamped 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 / LP
Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / H. BETTONEY. / BOSTON, MASS. / MADE IN FRANCE / LP
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell (with extra barrel). "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 on both sets of little finger keys.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from tip of mouthpiece 1 to bottom of bell): 710 mm
Overall length (from tip of mouthpiece 2 to bottom of bell): 710 mm
Overall length (from top of barrel 1 to bottom of bell): 642 mm
Barrel 1: 67.8 mm
Barrel 2: 54.58 mm
Upper joint: 210 mm
Bottom joint: 255 mm
Bell: 107.4 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 15.4 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.8 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 22.1 mm
ProvenanceThis instrument was purportedly used by Mabel Bolander (sister of the donor's uncle, John Bolander) in the Bolander Orchestra, a popular family band touring the United States, performing on the lyceum and Chautauqua circuit.
Credit LineGift of Roberta Y. West, 1989
Object number04877
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