Clarinet, C, low pitch
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Distributor
Carl Fischer
Date1895-1904 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelNo. 2B*
Serial No.483I or 483J or 483T
SignedStamped on one-piece body: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / BREVETES / S.G.D.G. / MADE IN FRANCEStamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / C. FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE / LP
MarkingsStamped above signature on one-piece body: C
Stamped on the underside of the left hand little finger f-sharp/c-sharp'' key: H
Stamped on the underside of the right hand little finger e/b' key: O
Stamped on the underside of the additional right hand little finger e-flat/b-flat' key: O
Description3 sections: barrel, one-piece body, bell. Full-Boehm system; 20 keys, 6 rings; Grenadilla wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; wrap-around register key; doughnut ring-key on second tonehole; third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat; articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key with right-hand banana key between first and second right-hand finger rings for trill; alternate a-flat/e-flat key for left-hand little finger; low e-flat key for right-hand little finger.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 618 mm
Mouthpiece & barrel: 114.3 mm
One-piece body: 420 mm
Bell: 86.2 mm
Bore at top of one-piece body: 14.5 mm
Bore at bottom of one-piece body: 22.8 mm
(all measurements exclude tenons)
Credit LineRosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995
Object number05859
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