H. Bettoney Clarinet, used by Lester Young
date: label: date made
content: 1940-1950
name: label: user
content: Young, Lester
label: maker
content: Bettoney, Harry
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by H. Bettoney in Boston, Massachusetts, around 1940 to 1950. It is a B-flat clarinet made of silver-plated metal, in one-piece with a detachable metal barrel. This clarinet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>H.BETTONEY<br>BOSTON<br>U.S.A.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Previously owned and used by American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player Lester Young (1909-1959).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lester W. Young, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0207.02
label: accession number
content: 2019.0207
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0207.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (clarinet): 22 in x 3 in x 2 1/4 in; 55.88 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (barrel): 2 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 5.715 cm x 2.8575 cm