Whiteley 5-Keyed Clarinet
date: label: date made
content: 1830-1853
name: label: maker
content: Whiteley, William
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by William Whiteley in Utica, New York around 1829 to 1831. It is a 5-keyed clarinet in C, made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and square brass keys. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>WHITELEY<br>UTICA</p>
label: Description
content: <p>William Whiteley (1789-1871) made wind instruments in Utica from 1810 to 1853. He is also known for his wind instrument instruction book,<i>The Instrumental Preceptor: comprising instructions for the clarinet, hautboy, flute and bassoon: with a variety of the most celebrated airs, marches, minuets, songs, rondeaus, trios, &c.,</i> published by Seward &Williams in 1816.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Utica
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William Bianco
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.60.0278
label: catalog number
content: 60.0278
label: accession number
content: 226039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 53.975 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 9 9/16 in x 1 3/8 in; 24.28875 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 12 5/16 in x 3 in; 31.27375 cm x 7.62 cm