William Hall & Son 5-Keyed Clarinet
date: label: date made
content: 1848-1875
name: label: maker
content: William Hall & Son
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by William Hall & Son in New York, New York around 1848 to 1875. It is a 5-keyed clarinet in C, made of boxwood with flat, round brass keys. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>WILLIAM HALL & SON<br>239 BROADWAY<br>N.YORK<br>C</p>
label: Description
content: <p>William Hall (1796-1874) began his career as a musical instrument maker’s apprentice and by 1812 was employed by musical instrument maker Edward Riley. Hall formed his own business at Wooster Street in New York in 1820 and at the same time formed a partnership with fellow musical instrument maker, John Firth. By 1832, Hall and Firth were joined by Sylvanus Pond as Firth, Hall & Pond and became a prominent firm of music publishers, manufacturer of woodwinds, pianos, and guitars, and importer of musical goods. After the firm was dissolved in 1847, William Hall & Son continued separately until their company was acquired by Oliver Ditson in 1875.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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: MI.75.46
label: accession number
content: 322695
label: catalog number
content: 75.46
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 2 7/8 in; 53.34 cm x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 13/16 in x 1 in; 9.68375 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 2 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 5.3975 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper/middle joint: 11 11/16 in x 1 1/2 in; 29.68625 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 9 in x 1 5/8 in; 22.86 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 3/16 in x 2 7/8 in; 10.63625 cm x 7.3025 cm