Buffet-Crampon Clarinet, used by Benny Goodman
date: label: date made
content: 1967
name: label: user
content: Goodman, Benny
label: maker
content: Buffet-Crampon & Cie.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Buffet-Crampon & Cie in Paris, France in 1967. It is a Boehm System clarinet in A, serial #96509, made of ebony with German silver plated keys and rings. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>BUFFET<br>Crampon & Cie<br>A PARIS<br>[Buffet-Crampon logo]<br>MADE IN FRANCE</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Benjamin David “Benny” Goodman (1909-1986), American jazz and classical clarinetist, and bandleader, purchased this clarinet from the shop of W. Hans Moenning of Philadelphia in 1968.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Goodman, while best known for jazz, commissioned several major works of chamber and symphonic music for clarinet including Contrasts by Béla Bartók, Derivations for Clarinet and Band by Morton Gould, and the Clarinet Concerto by Aaron Copland.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Clarinets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rachel Goodman Edelson and Benjie Goodman Lasseau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0058.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0058
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0058.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 3 1/4 in; 68.58 cm x 8.255 cm