Hopkins 5-Keyed Clarinet
date: label: Date made
content: 1829 - 1838
name: label: maker
content: Hopkins, Asa
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Asa Hopkins in Litchfield, Connecticut around 1829 to 1838. It is a 5-keyed clarinet in B-flat, made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and square brass keys. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>A. HOPKINS<br>LITCHFIELD<br>B</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Asa Hopkins (1779-1838) began his career as a clockmaker from about 1810 to 1825. Hopkins moved his shop to a location on the Naugatuck River and began making musical instruments in 1829. A lathe attributed to the workshop of Asa Hopkins is in the museum’s Mechanical and Civil Engineering collection (Cat. #333592).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Litchfield
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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 Wesleyan University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.054253
label: catalog number
content: 54253
label: accession number
content: 11172
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (mouthpiece material)
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: 23 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 59.69 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 2 5/8 in x 1 7/16 in; 6.6675 cm x 3.65125 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 4 3/4 in x 1 7/16 in; 12.065 cm x 3.65125 cm
label: Measurements
content: middle joint: 8 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 22.5425 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 10 3/16 in x 1 7/8 in; 25.87625 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 7/8 in x 3 5/16 in; 12.3825 cm x 8.41375 cm