Object Details
- G. Leblanc Corporation
- Description
This clarinet was made by G. Leblanc Corporation in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1963. It is a bass clarinet in B-flat, model 400 serial #7422, made of grenadilla with nickel silver keys and fittings. This clarinet is stamped:
LEBLANC
PARIS
FRANCE
7422This bass clarinet was designed in France but manufactured at the Wisconsin plant.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of G. Leblanc Corporation
- 1963
- ID Number
- MI.63.980
- accession number
- 243869
- catalog number
- 63.980
- Object Name
- clarinet
- Physical Description
- grenadilla (overall material)
- nickel silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.2 cm x 96 cm x 24 cm; x 4 13/16 in x 37 13/16 in x 9 7/16 in
- cap: 3 3/8 in x 1 9/16 in; 8.5725 cm x 3.96875 cm
- mouthpiece: 4 1/16 in x 1 7/8 in; 10.31875 cm x 4.7625 cm
- barrel: 6 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 16.1925 cm x 3.175 cm x 10.795 cm
- upper joint: 18 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 47.9425 cm x 6.985 cm
- lower joint: 20 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 52.705 cm x 7.9375 cm
- bell: 9 7/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 7 13/16 in; 25.0825 cm x 20.6375 cm x 19.84375 cm
- place made
- United States: Wisconsin, Kenosha
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Clarinets
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_606562
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-459d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
