Stengel 10-Keyed Alto Clarinet
date: label: date made
content: 1810 - 1825
name: label: maker
content: Stengal, Johann Samuel
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Johann Samuel Stengel in Bayreuth, Germany around 1810 to 1825. It is a 10-keyed alto clarinet in F, made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. It is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>STENGEL<br>BAIREUTH</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was acquired from the collection of Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892. Leopoldo Franciolini (1844–1920) was an Italian antique dealer who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as a fraudster who sold faked and altered historical musical instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Bayreuth
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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: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095296
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95296
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebony (mouth piece material)
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: 32 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 82.55 cm x 9.525 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 3 3/4 in x 1 7/16 in x 1 5/8 in; 9.525 cm x 3.65125 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 12 1/4 in x 2 in; 31.115 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: middle joint: 6 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 16.1925 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 14 3/16 in x 2 1/4 in; 36.03625 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 5 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 13.97 cm x 9.525 cm