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Clarinet, C

Date: 1840-1850 ca.

Place Made:Austria-Hungary, Europe

Place Made:Saaz, Bohemia, Europe

Serial No: none

SignedStamped on upper joint: [eagle] / Franz Soukup Saar
Stamped on lower joint: Franz Soukup Saar

MarkingsStamped on upper and middle joint: C

Description5 sections: barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, bell. Simple system. 5 brass keys with flat, round covers, mounted in rings, with springs attached to keys; boxwood body; horn ferrules.

Part of a set with NMM 5929, clarinet in B-flat/A.

DimensionsOverall length (without mouthpiece): 510 mm
Bell: 95 mm
Maximum bell diameter: 72 mm
Barrel: 59 mm
Upper joint: 153 mm
Middle joint: 94 mm
Lower joint: 114 mm
(excluding tenons)

Terms

Clarinet

Credit Line: Gift of William J. Maynard, 1996

Not on view

Published References"Recent Acquisitions." _The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 23, no. 4 (August 1996): 4.

Object number: 05930