10-Keyed Clarinet
date: label: Date made
content: 1800-1825
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by an unknown maker, possibly in England around 1800 to 1825. It is a 10-keyed clarinet in C, made of boxwood with German silver ferrules and keys. The top section and bell are stamped with a “unicorn head.”</p>
label: Description
content: <p>A number of English instrument makers of the era stamped their instruments with a unicorn head, which is an emblem of British royalty.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.66.087
label: catalog number
content: 66.087
label: accession number
content: 254480
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: German silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 52.07 cm x 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 1 11/16 in x 1 1/4 in; 4.28625 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 8 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 20.6375 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 8 7/8 in x 2 in; 22.5425 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 10.795 cm x 6.985 cm