Buffet-Crampon 13-Keyed Clarinet

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Description:

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:

[lyre]
BUFFET
Crampon & Cie.
A PARIS
MADE FOR WILLIAMS
TORONTO
MADE IN FRANCE
LP

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.

Date Made: 1893

Maker: Buffet-Crampon & Cie.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France: Île-de-France, Paris

See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments, Music & Musical Instruments, Clarinets

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Credit Line: Gift of Lt. Col. Benjamin T. Layton

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MI.75.48Accession Number: 316379Catalog Number: 75.48

Object Name: clarinet

Physical Description: grenadilla (overall material)nickel silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 24 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 61.595 cm x 7.9375 cmcap: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 3.175 cmmouthpiece: 3 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 8.255 cm x 3.4925 cmbarrel/upper joint: 10 3/4 in x 1 13/16 in; 27.305 cm x 4.60375 cmbell: 4 3/16 in x 3 3/16 in; 10.63625 cm x 8.09625 cmmusic lyre: 1 in x 2 3/16 in x 6 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 5.55625 cm x 17.145 cmmount: 5/16 in x 1 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in; .79375 cm x 4.1275 cm x 5.3975 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

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Record Id: nmah_606898

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