Clarinet, B-flat

Date1842-1845 ca.

Place MadeLondon, England, Europe

Serial No.none

SignedStamped on bell: [unicorn] / ROBERT WOLF & CO / 20 / ST MARTINS · LE · GRAND / LONDON / B
Stamped on top joint: [unicorn] / ROBERT WOLF & CO / 20 / ST MARTINS · LE · GRAND / LONDON
Stamped on barrel, middle joint, and bottom joint: ROBERT WOLF & CO / LONDON
Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system; 6 brass keys with square, flat covers, mounted in blocks, with springs attached to keys; boxwood body; ivory ferrules; sixth key is a A/B trill; cocus (?) mouthpiece with long tenon.
DimensionsLength (top of barrel to bottom of bell): 588 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from William J. Maynard, Massapequa, New York.

The instrument is preserved with an original leather pouch bearing the name of a possible owner: "Jonathan Naggs, Little Town, Nov. 22, 1849."
Published References"Recent Acquisitions." _America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 24, no. 2 (January 1997): 6.

Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1997

Object number06000

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