Hopkins 5-Keyed Clarinet
date: label: Date made
content: 1829-1837
name: label: maker
content: Hopkins, Asa
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Asa Hopkins in Litchfield, Connecticut around 1829 to 1837. It is a 5-keyed clarinet in C made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and square brass keys. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>A. HOPKINS<br>LITCHFIELD<br>CONN</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Asa Hopkins (1779-1838) began his career as a clockmaker from about 1810 to 1825. Hopkins moved his shop to a location on the Naugatuck River and began making musical instruments in 1829. A lathe attributed to the workshop of Asa Hopkins is in the museum’s Mechanical and Civil Engineering collection (Cat. #333592).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Litchfield
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Music & Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Clarinets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of A. Cyrus Yingst
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.373850
label: accession number
content: 135713
label: catalog number
content: 373850
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 5/8 in x 15/16 in; 9.2075 cm x 2.38125 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 13 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 33.655 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 9 in x 1 5/8 in; 22.86 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 3/16 in x 3 in; 10.63625 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 3 in; 53.34 cm x 7.62 cm