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Clarinet, C
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Clarinet, C

Date1842-1881 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on upper joint and bell: METZLER & Co / 37 / GREAT / MARLBOROUGH ST / LONDON
Stamped on barrel and lower joint: METZLER & Co / LONDON
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 brass keys with round, flat covers, mounted in blocks, with springs attached to keys; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; sixth key is a A/B trill; cranked F-sharp/C-sharp in typical English style; wooden mouthpiece with long tenon; boxwood mouthpiece cap.

This instrument is part of a set with NMM 6002.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 583mm
Barrel: 51mm
Upper joint: 161mm
Bottom joint: 207mm
Bell: 103mm
Bore at top of top joint: 12.3mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 12.3mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 18.2mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from William J. Maynard, Massapequa, New York.
Published References"Recent Acquisitions." _America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 24, no. 2 (January 1997): 6.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1997
Object number06001
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