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Clarinet in B-flat
Heinrich Carl Tölcke (1720–1798)
about 1780–90
Object Place: Braunschweig, Germany
Medium/Technique
Boxwood, brass
Dimensions
Length 66.2. cm (26 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1875
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionBoxwood body in four parts: barrel, upper and lower body, and bell. No ferrules. Mouthpiece of ebony. Seven fingerholes and one thumbhole. Six square keys (Young type F) of brass (e, f-sharp, g-sharp, a', a-shake', and speaker), mounted on rings and blocks with springs attached to keys. Pitched in B-flat.
InscriptionsStamped on bell: H.C. TOLCKE / BRONSVIG; stamped on all other joints: H. C. TOLCKE
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
Excerpt from Aria, from Concerto in E-flat, 1770s
Composed by Karl Stamitz
Performed by Diane Heffner