Clarinet, B-flat

Date1840-1870 ca.

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Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 touchpieces with salt spoon key cups; no rings; boxwood body; horn rings; brass keys; sixth key is for C-sharp/G-sharp in Continental style; gentle sloping mount on bottom joint in Continental style.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Complete from top of barrel to bottom of bell: 574 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.4 mm
Overall length (without mouthpiece): 571 mm
Barrel: 61 mm
Upper joint: 175 mm
Bell: 107.4 mm
Middle joint: 100 mm
Max. diameter of bell: 75.6 mm
Lower joint: 126 mm

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
According to Arne B. Larson's notes found in case, this clarinet was brought from Norway by Johannes Ouren, brother-in-law of Adolf Larson's Aunt Oliane, in 1868. Arne B. Larson says that this was the first Bb clarinet ever owned by the Larson family (they had aquired an Eb clarinet prior to this). Ouren apparently brought the instrument to Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was then brought to Linden Township, Minnesota, ca. 1870, and used by Adolf Larson. Arne B. Larson says he "learned to play the scale on this instrument, 1915." However, Arne B. Larson's inventory states that he obtained the instrument from Kugler of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1939.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number05006

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