William Whiteley 10-Keyed Clarinet
date: label: Date made
content: 1829-1831
name: label: maker
content: Whiteley, William
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by William Whiteley in Utica, New York around 1829 to 1831. It is a 10-keyed clarinet in D made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and nickel silver keys. The clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>WHITELEY<br>UTICA<br>D</p>
label: Description
content: <p>William Whiteley (1789-1871) made wind instruments in Utica, New York from 1810 to 1853. He is also known for his wind instrument instruction book, <i>The Instrumental Preceptor: comprising instructions for the clarinet, hautboy, flute and bassoon: with a variety of the most celebrated airs, marches, minuets, songs, rondeaus, trios, &c.,</i> published by Seward &Williams in 1816.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Utica
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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: 1985.0714.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0714
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0714.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
label: Object Type
content: musical instruments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 2 5/8 in; 45.72 cm x 6.6675 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 2 3/4 in x 1 in; 6.985 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 1 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 4.7625 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 6 15/16 in x 1 1/4 in; 17.62125 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 7 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 19.05 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 3 7/8 in x 2 11/16 in; 9.8425 cm x 6.82625 cm