Selmer Boehm System Clarinet
date: label: date made
content: 1924
name: label: user
content: Woolridge, Harold
label: referenced
content: Sousa, John Philip
label: maker
content: Selmer, Henri
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Henri Selmer & Cie in Paris, France in 1924. It is a Boehm System clarinet in B-flat, serial #6968, made of ebony with German silver keys and ferrules. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>H. SELMER<br>A<br>PARIS<br>BREVETE<br>S.G.D.G.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was previously owned and used by Harold I. Woolridge (1895-1971), as a member of the Sousa Band from 1924 to 1927.</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: Berger, Kenneth. March King and His Band, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Richard N. Peterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.75.27
label: accession number
content: 314090
label: catalog number
content: 75.27
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: German silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 2 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 9 in x 2 1/8 in; 22.86 cm x 5.3975 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 11 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 30.1625 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 3/8 in x 3 in; 11.1125 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 1/2 in x 3 in; 62.23 cm x 7.62 cm