Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
Date1970
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelNo. BC20
Serial No.F114269
SignedStamped on barrel: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie (script) / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS in oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCE / B67Stamped on top joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie (script) / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS in oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCE / BC 20
Stamped on bottom joint and bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie (script) / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS in oval cartouche) / BC (overlapping script) / MADE IN FRANCE
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, bell. Boehm-Mazzeo system; 20 keys, 1 plateau key; 5 rings; Grenadilla wood body; nickel-silver keys, rings, ferrules.
This clarinet bears extensive custom modifications by Dennis Heaney, Santa Cruz, and Norman Benner, San Jose, ca. 1970. Mazzeo called this: "Famous California Custom Clarinet."
Key modifications: top joint—extended thumb plate over plateau key for left hand, right-hand side key for throat B-flat, elongated and angled register key, elongated and modified left-hand g-sharp/a-flat key, extra right-hand side key with overlapping extensions on other right-hand side keys, c-sharp/g-sharp key extension operated with right hand; bottom joint—articulated, left-hand b/right hand c-sharp modification to hold c-sharp while depressing the b key, additional a-flat/e-flat key for left-hand, little finger; bell—ringless.
Part of a set with NMM 05833.
DimensionsOverall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 600 mm
Barrel: 67.1 mm
Upper joint: 190 mm
Bottom joint: 235 mm
Bell: 110.1 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.7 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.4 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 21.3 mm
ProvenanceNo known provenance.
Published ReferencesMazzeo, Rosario. "The Famous California Custom Clarinet." In _The Clarinet: Excellence and Artistry_. Sherman Oaks, California: Alfred Publishing Co., 1981. (p.119 (illus.), pp. 153-61)
Reeves, Deborah Check. "The Mazzeo System Clarinet: An Historical Review." _The Clarinet_ 26, no. 2 (March 1999): 62-64.
Credit LineRosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995
Object number05834
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