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Annotated Checklist of Clarinets with Six Keys
Clarinets with Six Keys
(in chronological order)
NMM 5999. Clarinet in F by George Miller, London, ca.
1790. Five sections. Stamped on barrel and bell: G-MILLER
/ LONDON; on upper, middle, and lower joints: G-MILLER. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six brass keys with flat, square key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length
(top of barrel to bottom of bell): 447 mm. William J. Maynard Collection, 1997.
NMM 1355. Clarinet in
C by Goulding and Company, London, ca.
1800-1815. Five sections. Stamped on barrel, top joint, middle joint,
and bottom joint: GOULDING & CO;
on bell: GOULDING & CO
/ LONDON. Boxwood, ivory
ferrules. Six brass keys with flat,
square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is
a1/b1 trill. Length (top of barrel to
bottom of bell): 532 mm. Mouthpiece of
pewter, long shank. Arne B. Larson
Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 21, 22, 27, Plate II.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 37 (illus.).
NMM 7475. Clarinet
in B-flat by Goulding and Company, London, ca. 1809-1810. Five sections. Stamped on barrel, top joint, middle joint, and bottom
joint: GOULDING & CO; on bell: GOULDING &CO
/ NEW-BOND ST / LONDON. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six
brass keys with flat, square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in
blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
601 mm. William J. Maynard Collection,
2000.
NMM 2839. Clarinet
in B-flat by Thomas Key, London, ca. 1812-1853. Four sections (missing barrel). Stamped on top, middle, and bottom joints: 6 / KEY / LONDON / [unicorn head]; on bell: 6 / KEY/ LONDON / [unicorn head] / 20
– CHARING CROSS. Boxwood, ivory
ferrules. Six brass keys with flat,
square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. At one point had four more keys (ten total)
in brass saddles, saddles now removed (except for one) and holes filled. Length (top of top joint excluding tenon to bottom of bell): 540 mm. Ex coll.: Philip Bate. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 111-113, Plate XIV.
NMM 5820. Clarinet
in F, Germany, ca. 1815. Five
sections. Unsigned. Boxwood, horn ferrules. Six brass keys with flat, round key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in square rings and one block. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
378 mm. Mouthpiece of cocus. Mouthpiece cap of boxwood. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.
NMM 2890. Clarinet
in B-flat by Goulding-Wood and Company, London, ca. 1815-1820. Four sections. Stamped on top and bottom joints: [fleur-de-lis] /
GOULDING
· WOOD & CO;
on bell: [fleur-de-lis] / PATENT /
GOULDING
·
WOOD
& CO / PALL MALL / LONDON. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six brass keys with flat, padless, disc key covers with adjustment
screws for making airtight seal against tone hole linings; springs attached to
keys, mounted in blocks. Bore of top
and bottom joints lined in brass with disc covered tone holes lined in
brass. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Bottom two discs marked: J. WOODS PATENT. James Wood Patent #2381, London, 1800. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
591 mm. Mouthpiece of wood, long shank. Gift of Frederic H. and Elizabeth F. Burt,
Jackson, Michigan, 1981.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 172-174, Plate XXIII.
NMM 4461. Clarinet
in C by Valentin Metzler, London, ca. 1815-1830. Five sections. Stamped on
top joint: METZLER / LONDON / 105
·
WARDOUR
·
ST;on barrel, middle joint, and bottom
joint: METZLER / LONDON. Stained boxwood, ivory ferrules, one brass
ferrule. Six brass keys with flat,
square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
524 mm. Mouthpiece of cocus, long
shank. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.
NMM 6003. Clarinet
in B-flat by William Milhouse, London, ca. 1820. Stamped on bell: W
· MILHOUSE / LONDON / 337
OXFORD STT; on barrel, upper joint, middle joint, and
lower joint: W
· MILHOUSE / LONDON.Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six
brass keys with flat, square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in
square rings and one block. Sixth key
is a1/b1 trill. Length (top of barrel
to bottom of bell): 602 mm. William J.
Maynard Collection, 1997.
NMM 1358. Clarinet
in B-flat, Germany or Bohemia, ca. 1820. Five sections. Unsigned. Boxwood, horn ferrules. Six brass keys with flat, round key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in blocks and square rings. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
559 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection,
1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 25-27, Plate II.
NMM 7479. Clarinet
in C, Germany or Bohemia, ca. 1820. Five sections. Unsigned. Stamped on barrel, top joint, middle joint,
and bottom joint: C. Stained boxwood, integral wood
ferrules. Six brass keys with flat,
round key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in blocks and square rings. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
514 mm. William J. Maynard Collections,
2000.
NMM 2832. Clarinet
in C by Whitaker and Company, London, 1823. Five sections. Stamped on
barrel, top joint, middle joint, and bottom joint: WHITAKER & CO / LONDON / C; on bell: [unicorn] / WHITAKER & CO
/ LONDON / 1823/ C. Boxwood, ivory
ferrules. Six brass keys with flat,
square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
522 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 95, 96, 99, Plate XII.
NMM 5997. Clarinet
in C by Buffet, Paris, ca. 1825. Five
sections. Stamped on barrel, top joint,
middle joint, bottom joint, and bell: [star] / BUFFET / A PARIS. / [star]. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six brass keys with flat, square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in square rings and one block,
sixth key on pillar attached to square plate. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell): 531 mm. William J. Maynard Collection, 1997.
NMM 5996. Clarinet
in B-flat by Buffet, Paris, ca. 1830. Five sections. Stamped on
barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [star] / BUFFET / A PARIS / [star]. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six brass keys with domed, round covers; springs attached to keys
mounted on pillars attached to oval plates. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell): 595 mm. William J. Maynard Collection, 1997.
NMM 7414. Clarinet
in C by George Wood, London, ca. 1832-1836. Five sections. Stamped on
barrel, top joint, middle joint, and bottom joint: Geo,,e Wood (cursive); on bell: [crown] / [filigree] / D'ALMAINE & CO
/ LATE / GOULDING & D'ALMAINE / SOHO SQUARE / LONDON. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six brass keys with flat, square key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length (top of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 521 mm. Mouthpiece: cocus, long tenon. William J. Maynard Collection, 1999.
NMM 773. Clarinet in
B-flat by Christopher Gerock, London, ca. 1832-1837. Five sections. Stamped on
top joint: [unicorn] / C· GEROCK /
LONDON; on bottom joint: C·
GEROCK / LONDON / [unicorn]. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six
brass keys with flat, square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in
blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
588 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection,
1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 16, 17, 20, Plate I.
NMM 4450. Clarinet
in C by Christopher Gerock, London, 1832-1837. Five sections. Stamped on
barrel, middle joint, and bottom joint: C·GEROCK / LONDON; on top joint:[illegible mark] / C·GEROCK / 79 / CORNHILL / LONDON / [unicorn];
on bell: [unicorn] / C·GEROCK / 79 /
CORNHILL / LONDON / [illegible mark]. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six
brass keys with flat, square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in
blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
537 mm. Mouthpiece: cocus, long
tenon. Mouthpiece cap, boxwood. Ex coll.: Alec Hodson, Lavenham/Suffolk. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.
NMM 2845. Clarinet
in C by D'Almaine and Company, London, ca. 1834-1858. Four sections. Stamped on
barrel, top joint, and bottom joint: [crown] / D'ALMAINE & CO; on bell: [crown in middle of two ivy garlands] /
D'ALMAINE & CO / LATE / GOULDING & D'ALMAINE (in a
curve) / SOHO SQUARE / LONDON. Six brass keys with flat, round key covers; springs attached to keys
mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1
trill. Barrel lined in brass with brass
tuning sleeve which is inserted into brass-lined top tenon of top joint.Left hand little finger keys set with touchpieces on top of one another. James Wood
Patent #4423, London, 1819. Length (top
of barrel to bottom of bell): 512 mm. Mouthpiece of cocus, wood mouthpiece cap. Leather boot case. Arne
B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 125-127, Plate XVI.
NMM 6081. Clarinet
in C by Jean-François Martin, La Couture, France, ca. 1835. Five sections. Stamped on barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, and
bell: [star] / Martin (in
script) / JF. (in oval along with Martin) / C. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six brass keys with flat, round key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in square rings and one block, sixth key on
pillar attached to square plate. Sixth
key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top
of barrel to bottom of bell): 538 mm. William J. Maynard Collection, 1997.
NMM 2834. Clarinet
in C by Wood and Ivy, London, 1837-1847. Three sections (missing barrel). Stamped on top and bottom joints: Wood & Ivy (in script); on bell: Wood & Ivy (in script) / LATE / Geo,,e Wood
(in script) / NEW COMPTON STRT (shaped in semi-circle) /
50 / SOHO / [circle between two sideways teardrops] / LONDON / [lyre]. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six brass keys with flat, square key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length
(top of top joint to bottom of bell excluding tenons), 468 mm. Ex coll.: Philip Bate. Arne B. Larson
Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 100, 101, 106, Plate XIII.
NMM 1357. Clarinet
in B-flat by Martin frères, Paris, ca. 1840. Five sections. Stamped on
barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [bee] / MARTIN FRES / [fermata] / A PARIS (in
oval cartouche along with MARTIN FRES) / [monogram] / B;
on middle joint: [monogram]. Boxwood, horn ferrules. Six brass keys with flat, round key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in square rings and one block, sixth key on pillar. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
571 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection,
1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 23, 24, 27, Plate II.
NMM 6000. Clarinet
in B-flat by Robert Wolf and Company, London, ca. 1842-1846. Five sections .Stamped on bell: [unicorn] / ROBERT WOLF & CO / 20 / ST
MARTINS · LE · GRAND / LONDON / B; on top joint: [unicorn] / ROBERT WOLF & CO / 20 / ST
MARTINS · LE · GRAND / LONDON; on barrel, middle joint, and bottom
joint: ROBERT WOLF & CO
/ LONDON. Boxwood, ivory
ferrules. Six brass keys with flat,
square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
588 mm. Mouthpiece: cocus, long
tenon. Leather pouch case stamped: Jonathan Naggs .Little Town. / Nov. 22 1849. William J. Maynard Collection, 1997.
NMM 2836. Clarinet in
C by A. McQueen, Colchester, England, ca. 1848-1883. Five sections. Stamped on
barrel, top joint, middle joint, bottom joint, and bell: A MCQUEEN / COLCHESTER / C. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six brass keys with flat, square key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length
(top of barrel to bottom of bell): 532 mm. Ex coll.: Philip Bate. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 104-106, Plate XIII.
NMM 6001. Clarinet in C by Metzler and Company,
London, ca. 1850. Four sections. Stamped on top joint and bell: METZLER & CO / 37
GREAT / MARLBOROUGH ST / LONDON; on barrel and bottom
joint: METZLER & CO
/ LONDON. Boxwood, ivory
ferrules. Six brass keys with flat,
round key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
522 mm. Part of a set with NMM
6002. William J. Maynard Collection,
1997.
NMM 6002. Clarinet
in B-flat by Metzler and Company, London, ca. 1850. Four sections. Stamped on
top joint and bell: METZLER & CO
/ 37 / GREAT / MARLBOROUGH ST / LONDON; on barrel and
bottom joint: METZLER & CO
/ LONDON. Boxwood, ivory
ferrules. Six brass keys with flat,
round key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1 trill. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
587 mm. Part of a set with NMM 6001. William J. Maynard Collection, 1997.
NMM 4697. Clarinet
in A, Germany or Bohemia, ca. 1850. Unsigned. Stamped on top joint
and bell: A; sideway on bottom
joint: 12. Boxwood, horn ferrules. Six brass keys with salt-spoon key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in square rings and one block, sixth key on
pillar. Sixth key is
c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of
barrel to bottom of bell): 606.5 mm. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.
NMM 2851. Clarinet
in E-flat, Germany, ca. 1850. Four
sections. Unsigned. Stamped on top and bottom joints: S. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six
German-silver keys with round, domed key covers; springs attached to keys
mounted on pillars. Sixth key is
c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of
barrel to bottom of bell): 409.7 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 139-141, Plate XVIII.
NMM 2859. Clarinet
in E-flat, England, ca. 1850. Four
sections. Unsigned. Rosewood, German-silver ferrules. Six German-silver keys with salt-spoon key
covers with flat, round key cover on register key; springs attached to keys
mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a1/b1
trill. Mouthpiece has no bottom tenon;
barrel has tenon at top. Length (top of
barrel to bottom of bell excluding tenons), 417 mm. Mouthpiece of cocus, no tenon, ferrule at bottom. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 158, 159, 162, Plate XXI.
NMM 2863. Clarinet
in E-flat, Germany or Bohemia, ca. 1850 .Four sections (missing barrel). Unsigned. Stamped on bell: [8-point starburst]. Boxwood, horn ferrules. Six brass keys with salt-spoon key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in blocks and square rings. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of top joint to bottom of bell
excluding tenons), 359 mm. Arne B.
Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 165, 166, 169, Plate XXII.
NMM 5006. Clarinet
in B-flat, Germany, ca. 1850. Five
sections. Unsigned. Boxwood, horn ferrules. Six brass keys with salt-spoon key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in square rings, sixth key on pillar. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
570 mm. Mouthpiece: cocus. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 2837. Clarinet
in C by Thibouville-Grandin, Paris, ca. 1870. Five sections. Stamped on
barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell: THIBOUVILLE / GRANDIN (all in oval cartouche). Boxwood with horn ferrules. Six brass keys with domed, round key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in square rings, sixth key on brass plate. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
514 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection,
1979.
Lit.: Jerry E. Kramer, Clarinets Made Between 1800 and 1880 from the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, M.M. thesis (University of South
Dakota, 1983), pp. 107, 108, 113, Plate XIV.
NMM 3100. Clarinet
in A, Germany or Bohemia, ca. 1870. Five sections. Unsigned. Cocus, brass ferrules. Six brass keys with salt-spoon key covers;
springs attached to keys mounted in square rings, sixth key on pillar. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
603.8 mm. Willard W. Sorensen
Collection, 1982.
NMM 551. Clarinet in
B-flat, high pitch, France, ca. 1885-1900. Four sections. Unsigned. Stamped on barrel: FRANCE / LP / B; on top joint, middle joint, and
bell: HP / B. Cocus with shiny varnish, German-silver
ferrules. Six German-silver keys with
salt-spoon key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in pillars. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):
572 mm. Leather pouch case. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 5987. Clarinet
in B-flat, A = 415 Hz, with corps de rechange for A = 430 Hz, by Eric
Hoeprich, Amsterdam, 1996. Five
sections. Stamped on top, middle, and
bottom joints: T. [4-point star]
E. / HOEPRICH. Boxwood,
imitation ivory (plastic) ferrules. Six
brass keys with flat, square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in
square rings, sixth key in brass saddle. Sixth key is c-sharp1/g-sharp2. Length at 415 Hz (top of barrel to bottom of bell): 612 mm; at 430 Hz,
598 mm. Mouthpiece: cocus. Cloth bag case. Board of Trustees, 1996.
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