Leblanc Basset Horn
Leblanc Basset Horn
- Description
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This basset horn was made by G, Leblanc Corporation in Kenosha, Wisconson in 1962. It is a Boehm System basset horn in F, model 451 serial #6502, made of grenadilla with nickel silver keys and bell. This basset horn is stamped:
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G
LEBLANC
PARIS
FRANCE -
This basset horn was designed in Paris but manufactured at the Wisconsin plant.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- basset horn
- date made
- 1962
- maker
- G. Leblanc Corporation
- place made
- United States: Wisconsin, Kenosha
- Physical Description
- grenadilla (overall material)
- nickel silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 33 1/2 in x 4 in x 8 in; 85.09 cm x 10.16 cm x 20.32 cm
- cap: 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm
- mouthpiece: 3 15/16 in x 1 1/4 in; 10.00125 cm x 3.175 cm
- barrel: 3 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 9.8425 cm x 4.7625 cm x 2.8575 cm
- upper joint: 13 3/16 in x 2 5/8 in; 33.49625 cm x 6.6675 cm
- lower joint: 18 1/4 in x 3 in; 46.355 cm x 7.62 cm
- bell: 7 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 13/16 in; 18.7325 cm x 9.525 cm x 9.68375 cm
- ID Number
- MI.63.274
- accession number
- 243869
- catalog number
- 63.274
- Credit Line
- Gift of G. Leblanc Corporation
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Clarinets
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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