Clarinet in A
Object type: Clarinet in A
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Charles Bertin
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: second half of 19th Century
Medium: Cocus, nickel-silver
Dimensions: Overall: Diam. 8 x L. 69cm (3 1/8 x 27 3/16in.); Diam. of bell 8 cm (3-3/16 in.);  Lengths: mouthpiece 8.7 cm  (3-7/16 in.); barrel 6.1 cm (2-7/16 in.); upper body section 23.5 cm (9-1/4 in.); lower body section 26.5 cm (10-7/16); bell 11.2 cm (4-7/16 in.)
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
Geography:  Paris   France  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889