Thibouville-Lamy 13-Keyed Clarinet
date: label: Date made
content: 1876 - 1880
name: label: maker
content: Thibouville-Lamy, Jerome
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Jérome Thibouville-Lamy in Paris, France around 1876 to 1880. It is a 13-keyed clarinet in C, made of grenadilla with German silver ferrules and round keys. It is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[lyre]<br>J.T.L.<br>JEROME<br>THIBOUVILLE-LAMY<br>PARIS<br>] 76</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Jérome Thibouville (1833 - after 1905) was one of the first in France to recognize the potential of inexpensive mass-produced musical instruments for distribution to the general public. Through his direction, keyboard, string, brass and woodwind instruments, accordions, music boxes and instrument accessories were manufactured in many grades and commercial qualities under the name Thibouville-Lamy. By 1867 he was the sole proprietor of the firm, with musical instrument factories in Grenelle (brass), La Couture (woodwinds), and Mirecourt (strings), that employed a labor force of "about 1000 workmen, women and employees." To avoid confusion in the trade and to distinguish his firm from other instrument makers established under that name, Jérome Thibouville joined his name to Lamy, after his wife, Marguerite Hyacinthe Lamy. In 1891, the firm Jérome Thibouville-Lamy published in New York its first American catalog, featuring specific instruments designed for the U.S. market.</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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055620
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55620
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: mouthpiece: 3 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 1 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 7 in x 2 in; 17.78 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 8 3/4 in x 1 7/8 in; 22.225 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 1/8 in x 2 13/16 in; 10.4775 cm x 7.14375 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 48.895 cm x 6.985 cm