8-Keyed Clarinet
date: label: date made
content: 1825-1850
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by an unknown maker in Europe around 1825 to 1850. It is an 8-keyed clarinet in A, made of dark stained boxwood with bone ferrules and nickel silver keys. His clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[crown]<br>A</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
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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 Wingate Sykes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.63.282
label: accession number
content: 243873
label: catalog number
content: 63.282
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 3 1/4 in; 60.96 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 2 7/16 in x 1 3/8 in; 6.19125 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 9 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 10 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 25.7175 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 3/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 8.255 cm