Buffet-Crampon Clarinet, used by Willie Smith
date: label: date made
content: 1929
name: label: user
content: Smith, Willie
label: maker
content: Buffet-Crampon & Cie.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Buffet-Crampon & Cie in Paris, France in 1929.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>It is an Albert System clarinet in B-flat, serial #1708, made of grenadilla wood with German silver keys and rings. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>BUFFET<br>Crampon & Cie<br>A PARIS<br>[Buffet-Crampon logo]</p>
label: Description
content: <p>William McLeish “Willie" Smith (1910-1967), American jazz musician, began playing the clarinet and later switched to saxophone. Smith, predominately known as an alto saxophonist, first gained success with Jimmie Lunceford’s band and went on to perform with Harry James, Duke Ellington, and Gene Krupa. His saxophone, made in 1935 (museum #1990.0087.01), is also in the collection of Musical Instruments.</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 Fischella Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0087.02
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0087.02
label: accession number
content: 1990.0087
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: grenadilla (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 59.055 cm x 7.9375 cm