Graves & Co. 5-Keyed Clarinet
date: label: date made
content: 1830-1832
name: label: maker
content: Samuel Graves & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Samuel Graves & Co. in Winchester, new Hampshire around 1830 to 1832. It is a 5-keyed clarinet in C made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. The clarinet’s bell is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[eagle]<br>GRAVES & Co.<br>WINCHESTER<br>N.H.<br>C</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Samuel Graves (1794-1878) formed his musical instrument making firm in West Fairlee, Vermont, in 1824. Graves opened a new workshop in Winchester, New Hampshire near the Ashuelot River in 1830. The dam on the river provided the shop of Graves & Co. the source for its water-powered machinery.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire, Winchester
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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: 1982.0205.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0205
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0205.01
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: overall: 21 in x 2 7/8 in; 53.34 cm x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 11/16 in x 7/8 in; 9.36625 cm x 2.2225 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 2 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 8 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 20.6375 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint/bell: 12 5/8 in x 2 15/16 in; 32.0675 cm x 7.46125 cm
label: Measurements
content: ferrule: 7/16 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.11125 cm x 3.4925 cm