Eisenbrandt 5-Keyed Clarinet
date: label: Date made
content: 1829-1831
name: label: maker
content: Eisenbrandt, Christian Heinrich
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Christian Heinrich Eisenbrandt (Henry C. Eisenbrant) in Baltimore, Maryland around 1829 to 1831. It is a 5-keyed clarinet in E-flat made of grenadilla or cocoa wood with ivory ferrules and square silver keys. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>EISENBRANT<br> [/] BALTIMORE</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Christian Heinrich Eisenbrandt (1790-1861) immigrated from Germany in 1808 and settled in Philadelphia. In 1815, he was listed in the New York City Directory as Henry Eisenbrand, musical instrument maker. Eisenbrandt returned to Germany and for a few years, came back to the United States, and set up his shop in Baltimore in 1819. After his death in 1861, the firm was continued by his son, H.W.R. Eisenbrandt until 1949.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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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: 1985.0900.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0900
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0900.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: grenadilla or cocoa wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 2 7/8 in; 40.64 cm x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 1/8 in x 1 in; 7.9375 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 1 11/16 in x 1 1/4 in; 4.28625 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 5 13/16 in x 1 7/16 in; 14.76375 cm x 3.65125 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 7 in x 1 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 3 1/2 in x 2 13/16 in; 8.89 cm x 7.14375 cm