Images from The Cutler Gallery Comparison of Two Nineteenth-Century Clarinets Made in England and France Left: NMM 1355. Clarinet in C by Goulding and Company, London, ca. 1800-1815. Five sections. Stamped on barrel, top joint, middle joint, and bottom joint: GOULDING & CO; on bell: GOULDING & CO / LONDON.Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Six brass keys with flat, square key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in blocks. Sixth key is a'/b' trill.Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell), 532 mm.Mouthpiece of pewter, long shank.Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. See color image below. Right: NMM 1357.Clarinet in B-flat by Martin frères, Paris, ca. 1840.Five sections.Stamped on barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell:[bee] / MARTIN FRES / [fermata] / A PARIS (in oval cartouche along with MARTIN FRES) / [monogram] / B; on middle joint:[monogram].Boxwood, horn ferrules.Six brass keys with flat, round key covers; springs attached to keys mounted in square rings and one block, sixth key on pillar.Sixth key is c-sharp'/g-sharp''.Length (top of barrel to bottom of bell), 571 mm.Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. Early Nineteenth-century Flute and Clarinets Left: NMM 1328. Flute by Gottfried Martin, Potsdam, Prussia, 1822. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. Center: NMM 1355. Clarinet in C by Goulding and Company, London, ca. 1800-1815. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. Right: NMM 3590. Clarinet in high G by Franz Czermak, Prague, ca. 1810. Board of Trustees, 1985.   Click arrow to continue Cutler Gallery Tour Go to Cutler Gallery Tour Index Go to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Go to Checklist of Clarinets with Six Keys National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2002, 2003 Most recent update:   October 25, 2007 You are the 14,255th visitor to this page since January 16, 2002. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page