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Clarinet, B-flat
Maker: Robert Wolf & Company
Date: 1842-1845 ca.
Place Made:London, 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
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."
The instrument is preserved with an original leather pouch bearing the name of a possible owner: "Jonathan Naggs, Little Town, Nov. 22, 1849."
Terms
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 1997
Not on view
Published References"Recent Acquisitions." _America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 24, no. 2 (January 1997): 6.
Object number: 06000