Oehler System Clarinet
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1935
name: label: user
content: Lindemann, Robert
label: referenced
content: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
label: maker
content: Oehler, Oskar
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by Oskar Oehler in Berlin, Germany around 1900 to 1935. It is an Oehler System clarinet in B-flat, made of ebony with German silver ferrules and keys. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[lyre]<br>O.Oehler<br>Berlin<br>A</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was previously owned and used by German-American clarinetist Robert Lindemann (1884-1975). Lindemann was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1911. He is best known as the principal clarinetist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1923 to 1949.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Berlin, Berlin
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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 the Estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Guinan in memory of George Weber
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.77.15
label: accession number
content: 1977.1060
label: catalog number
content: 77.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: German silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 in x 3 1/4 in; 63.5 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 2 3/16 in x 1 3/8 in; 5.55625 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 10 1/2 in x 2 in; 26.67 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 10 5/8 in x 2 in; 26.9875 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 8.255 cm