The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clarinet in C

Date:: ca. 1825
Geography:: New York, New York, United States
Medium:: Boxwood, ebony, ivory, brass
Dimensions:: Length: 580 mm Bell diameter: 79 mm
Classification:: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 1982
Accession Number:: 1982.42

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: E. Riley/29 Chatham St/N-York
References

A Checklist of American Musical Instruments. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1989, pg. 32.

Libin Laurence. American Musical Instruments in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1985, pg. 77, fig. 66, ill.
See also
Who
Edward Riley (4)
What
Metal (58,828)

Copper alloy (16,426)

Wood (6,754)

Bone (6,263)

Ivory (5,336)

Musical instruments (5,105)

Brass (3,465)

Aerophones (2,157)

Reeds (578)

Ebony (354)

Reedpipes (311)

Boxwood (242)

Clarinets (105)
Where
North and Central America (75,852)

United States (72,602)

New York (2,733)

New York City (1,801)
When
A.D. 1800-1900 (68,570)
In the Museum
Musical Instruments (5,192)
Timelines from the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The United States and Canada, 1800-1900 A.D.

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