Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Distributor
Harry Bettoney
Date1905 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Place DistributedBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
ModelNo. 7D
Serial No.54V
SignedStamped on top joint and bottom joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCEStamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS (BUFFET /
Crampon & Cie / A PARIS within oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / H. BETTONEY / BOSTON, MASS.
Markingsnone
Description3 sections: top joint, bottom joint, bell -- missing barrel. "Albert" system; 12 keys; 4 rings; wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules; missing several keys; no little finger rollers; has extra C-sharp/G-sharp touch in German style.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from top of top joint to bottom of bell): 504 mm
Upper joint: 173 mm
Bottom joint: 227 mm
Bell: 103.5 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.6 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.8 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 22.3 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01606
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