Leblanc Contrabass Clarinet
Leblanc Contrabass Clarinet
- Description
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This clarinet was made by G. Leblanc Corporation in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1963. It is a contrabass clarinet in B-flat, model 340 serial #1098, made of nickel silver. This clarinet is marked:
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LEBLANC
PARIS
1098 -
This contrabass clarinet was designed in France but manufactured at the Wisconsin plant.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- clarinet
- Date made
- 1963
- maker
- G. Leblanc Corporation
- place made
- United States: Wisconsin, Kenosha
- Physical Description
- nickel silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.4 cm x 112.5 cm x 30 cm; x 3 11/16 in x 44 5/16 in x 11 13/16 in
- clarinet: 43 3/4 in x 7 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 111.125 cm x 18.415 cm x 10.795 cm
- bell: 9 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 23.8125 cm x 9.525 cm
- mouthpiece in cap: 5 in x 1 9/16 in; 12.7 cm x 3.96875 cm
- ID Number
- MI.63.979
- accession number
- 243869
- catalog number
- 63.979
- 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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