Selmer Clarinet, used by Paquito D'Rivera
date: label: Date made
content: 1957-1958
name: label: user
content: D'Rivera, Paquito
label: maker
content: Selmer, Henri
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Henri Selmer in Paris, France around 1957 to 1958. It is a Boehm System clarinet in B-flay, “Centered Tone” model, serial #Q9851, made of grenadilla with silver keys and rings. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>DEPOSE<br>HENRI<br>SELMER<br>FRANCE<br>Centered<br>Tone</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Cuban-born jazz clarinetist, Paquito D’Rivera acquired this clarinet in the late 1950s and continued to use it until he donated the clarinet to the museum in 2005. D-Rivera has received several awards and honors, including twelve Grammys, NEA Jazz Masters, Kennedy Center Living Jazz Legend award, and a National Medal of the Arts in 2005.</p>
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
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content: Jazz
label: Exhibition
content: South Music Lobby
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Paquito D'Rivera
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0086.01
label: accession number
content: 2005.0086
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0086.01
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: 28 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in; 72.39 cm x 7.9375 cm