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Clarinet, B-flat

Date1868 ca.

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

ModelRomero system

Serial No.None

SignedStamped on bell: [star] / SYSTÈME / A.ROMERO / A MADRID / [star] / BREVETÉ /
[star] / LEFÊVRE / A PARIS / [star]

Stamped on lower part of one-piece body: [star] / LEFÊVRE / A PARIS
Description3 sections: barrel, one-piece body, and bell. Boxwood body and nickel-silver keywork and ferrules. Romero system (modified Boehm) with 16 touchpieces (for 28 toneholes), 7 rings, and at least 24 adjustment screws. No G-sharp key.

Distinguished clarinetist and inventor Antonio Maria Romero y Andía (1815-1886) sought to improve several perceived shortcomings of the Boehm system clarinet, for which he colaborated with craftsman Paul Alphonse Bié (1824-1893), foreman and sucessor to Lefêvre.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 655 mm
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 581 mm
Barrel: 68 mm
One-piece body: 403 mm
Bell: 108 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 21.1 mm
ProvenanceNo known provenance.
Published ReferencesOlivares, Pedro Rubio. "El Clarinete Sistema Romero. Instrumento Oficial para la Enseñanza del Clarinete en El Real Conservatorio de Música y Declamación de Madrid." _Música_ No. 23 (2016): 49.

Reeves, Deborah Check. "Historically Speaking." _The Clarinet_ 50, No. 3 (June 2023): 28-31.

Reeves, Deborah Check. "Historically Speaking." _The Clarinet_ 30, no. 3 (June 2003): 30-31.

Credit LineGift of William J. Maynard, 1996

Object number05924

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