Eisenbrant Albert System Clarinet
date: label: Date made
content: 1850-1861
name: label: maker
content: Eisenbrandt, Christian Heinrich
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Christian Heinrich Eisenbrandt in Baltimore, Maryland around 1850 to 1861. It is an Albert System clarinet in B-flat, made of rosewood with silver ferrules and keys jeweled with brilliants. The barrel is covered with mother-of-pearl. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>C.H. Eisenbrant<br>BALTIMORE</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Christian Heinrich Eisenbrandt (1790-1861) immigrated from Germany in 1808 and settled in Philadelphia. In 1815, he was listed in the New York City Directory as Henry Eisenbrand, musical instrument maker. Eisenbrandt returned to Germany and for a few years, came back to the United States, and set up his shop in Baltimore in 1819. After his death in 1861, the firm was continued by his son, H.W.R. Eisenbrandt until 1949.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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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 Alice I. Siddall
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.383371
label: accession number
content: 167472
label: catalog number
content: 383371
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mother-of-pearl (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 3 7/8 in; 58.42 cm x 9.8425 cm
label: Measurements
content: cap: 2 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 1/8 in x 1 3/16 in; 7.9375 cm x 3.01625 cm
label: Measurements
content: clarinet: 19 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 49.53 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 1/4 in x 2 15/16 in; 10.795 cm x 7.46125 cm
label: Measurements
content: key: 5/8 in x 2 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.8575 cm