Leblanc Basset Horn
date: label: date made
content: 1962
name: label: maker
content: G. Leblanc Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This basset horn was made by G, Leblanc Corporation in Kenosha, Wisconson in 1962. It is a Boehm System basset horn in F, model 451 serial #6502, made of grenadilla with nickel silver keys and bell. This basset horn is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>G<br>LEBLANC<br>PARIS<br>FRANCE</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This basset horn was designed in Paris but manufactured at the Wisconsin plant.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Kenosha
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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 G. Leblanc Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.63.274
label: accession number
content: 243869
label: catalog number
content: 63.274
objectType: label: Object Name
content: basset horn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: grenadilla (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 1/2 in x 4 in x 8 in; 85.09 cm x 10.16 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: cap: 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 15/16 in x 1 1/4 in; 10.00125 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 3 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 9.8425 cm x 4.7625 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 13 3/16 in x 2 5/8 in; 33.49625 cm x 6.6675 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 18 1/4 in x 3 in; 46.355 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 7 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 13/16 in; 18.7325 cm x 9.525 cm x 9.68375 cm