Pedler Boehm System Clarinet
date: label: Date made
content: 1940s
name: label: user
content: Woolridge, Harold
label: referenced
content: Sousa, John Philip
label: maker
content: The Pedler Company
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by The Pedler Co. in Elkhart, Indiana, 1940s. It is a Boehm System clarinet in B-flat, serial #E33169, made of hard rubber with nickel silver ferrules and keys. The barrel is made of rosewood with nickel silver ferrules and is stamped “Renault.” The bell is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>THE PEDLER<br>CO<br>ELKHART<br>IND</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Harry Walter Pedler (1872-1950) was born in England and immigrated to the United States in 1905 as a musical instrument maker. By 1919, Pedler established his musical instrument making firm in Elkhart, Indiana and continued there until his retirement in 1930.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was previously owned and used by Harold I. Woolridge (1895-1971), after serving in the Sousa Band from 1924 to 1927.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Clarinets
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Berger, Kenneth. March King and His Band, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Richard N. Peterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.75.29
label: accession number
content: 314090
label: catalog number
content: 75.29
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in; 59.69 cm x 7.9375 cm
label: Measurements
content: clarinet: 20 in x 2 3/4 in; 50.8 cm x 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 3/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 7.9375 cm