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Clarinet in A and B-flat
Michel Amlingue (French, active 1782–after 1830)
about 1794
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Ebony, ivory, brass
Dimensions
Length 71.7 cm (28 1/4 in.) with A sections; 68.3 cm (26 7/8 in.) with sections
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry B. Chapin
Accession Number38.1750
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
InscriptionsStamped on all joints: AMLINGUE / A PARIS / B; stamped on alternate barrel, and upper and middle bodyjoints: AMLINGUE / A PARIS / A; stamped on mouthpiece: [six-point star] / DUBOST / [six-point star]; engraved on brass plate on case: Bryant P. Tilden.
Provenance1794, sold by source unidentified, Bordeaux, France, to Captain Bryant P. Tilden (d. 1859), through his music teacher, D'Anglebert. By 1938, acquired by Mrs. Henry B. Chapin, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; 1938, gift of Chapin to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 8, 1938)
Du Sieur Abraham (Of Sir Abraham) from Nouveaux recueils pour une clarinette seule, about 1789
Composed by Abraham
Performed by Diane Heffner