Clarinet, B-flat (composite)
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Date1907 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelNo. 7C*, 4 Rouleaux
Serial No.945Y
SignedStamped on barrel: BC / MADE IN FRANCEStamped 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 / HP
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 on both sets of little finger keys.
DimensionsOverall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 537 mm
Barrel: 27.9 mm
Upper joint: 174 mm
Bottom joint: 225 mm
Bell: 109.5 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.1 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.3 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 22.1 mm
ProvenanceAccording to donor, this instrument was obtained in 1972 from John V. Zechter, Sr., Helena, Montana. The clarinet was played by his father, John G. Zechter, in Ellis Band in the early 1900s. Trained as a bandmaster in Germany, John G. was the first violinist in Kaiser Wilhelm’s dance band. He also organized the National Guard band in Montana.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Estate, 1988
Object number05463
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