Buffet-Crampon 13-Keyed Clarinet
date: label: date made
content: 1893
name: label: maker
content: Buffet-Crampon & Cie.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Buffet-Crampon & Cie in Paris, France in 1893. It is a 16-keyed clarinet in A, serial #1H84, made of granadilla with nickel silver ferrules and keys. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[lyre]<br>BUFFET<br>Crampon & Cie.<br>A PARIS<br>MADE FOR WILLIAMS<br>TORONTO <br>MADE IN FRANCE<br>LP</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made for and sold by the R. S. Williams & Sons music company in Toronto, Canada. The company was formed by Richard Sugden Williams (1834-1906) around 1855. It remained as a store-front business until the mid-20th century and as a warehouse-type operation until the early 1950s.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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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 Lt. Col. Benjamin T. Layton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.75.48
label: accession number
content: 316379
label: catalog number
content: 75.48
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: grenadilla (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 61.595 cm x 7.9375 cm
label: Measurements
content: cap: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 8.255 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel/upper joint: 10 3/4 in x 1 13/16 in; 27.305 cm x 4.60375 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 3/16 in x 3 3/16 in; 10.63625 cm x 8.09625 cm
label: Measurements
content: music lyre: 1 in x 2 3/16 in x 6 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 5.55625 cm x 17.145 cm
label: Measurements
content: mount: 5/16 in x 1 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in; .79375 cm x 4.1275 cm x 5.3975 cm