Buffet-Crampon Albert System Clarinet
date: label: date made
content: 1888
name: label: maker
content: Buffet-Crampon & Cie.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Buffet-Crampon & Cie. In Paris, France in 1888. It is an Albert System clarinet in C, serial #662C, made of grenadilla with German silver keys and rings. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[lyre]<br>BUFFET<br>Crampon & Cie<br>A PARIS<br>BC<br> W.H. CUNDY<br>BOSTON</p>
label: Description
content: <p>William H. Cundy was a music publishing and woodwind instrument retailing business in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm started in 1855 and by 1900 became Bettony-Cundy as Harry Bettoney (1867-1953) became manager of the development and expansion of the Cundy-Bettoney instrument company. W. H. Cundy retired from the business in 1907.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: Clarinets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Stephen H. King
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0260.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0260
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0260.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: grenadilla (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: German silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: cap: 2 11/16 in x 1 3/16 in; 6.82625 cm x 3.01625 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 9/16 in x 1 3/8 in; 9.04875 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: clarinet: 17 in x 2 1/4 in; 43.18 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 3 1/2 in x 3 in; 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 3 in; 50.8 cm x 7.62 cm