Conn Albert System Clarinet
date: label: Date made
content: 1887-1895
name: label: maker
content: C. G. Conn
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This clarinet was made by C.G. Conn in Elkhart, Indiana around 1887 to 1895. It is an Albert System clarinet in B-flat made of ebonite with a double-walled nickel silver bell and barrel. This clarinet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MADE BY<br>CONN<br> ELKHART, IND.<br>AND<br>WORCESTER<br>MASS</p>
label: Description
content: <p>In a C.G. Conn catalog from 1897, “Mineralized Ebonite Wonder Clarinets,” instruments are described:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>“Are handsome as well as indestructible instruments. They are made of special mineralized material, are as black as ebony, have a high and permanent polish, are hard, yet light and durable, are impervious to moisture, will neither swell nor warp.”</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
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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: 1988.0498.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0498
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0498.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebonite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 1/2 in x 3 in; 57.15 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: cap: 2 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 11/16 in x 1 1/2 in; 9.36625 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 2 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 8 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 9 3/4 in x 1 7/8 in; 24.765 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 4 in x 3 1/8 in; 10.16 cm x 7.9375 cm