Clarinet
J. B. Cramer and Co. Ltd
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1810
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Ivory, Brass
Measurements
670 mm (Length); 85 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335312
Summary
Clarinet in B-flat, Cramer, London, c.1810. Marked 'Cramer London'. Boxwood with ivory mounts, and six square brass keys, three on long levers. Five sections plus mouthpiece. In notebook no.4, page 9 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Music Room 95. Clarinet of maple and Ivory, brass keys, by Cramer.'
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
J. B. Cramer and Co. Ltd, maker
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 9