Clarinet
K. Bauer
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Horn, Brass
Measurements
490 mm (Length); 77 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Prague
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335315
Summary
Clarinet in E-flat, by Bauer, Prag(ue). c.1830. Stamped ‘K BAUER, PRAG’ and an Austrian Eagle. Boxwood with horn mounts and five square brass keys, two operated by long levers. In notebook no.4, page 10 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Music Room 98. Clarinet with horn mounts by Bauer.'
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
K. Bauer, Prag
Makers and roles
K. Bauer
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 10