Clarinet in C

ca. 1800
Not on view
The Goulding firm was established by George Goulding as "Goulding & Co." around 1800 in London. (Waterhouse, NLI, 142).

Overall size: 584.
Bore: c-hole 13.6; f-hole 13.6.

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Blackwood long-tenon mouthpiece grooved for cord. English-style flask shaped barrel. Rudiments of square wooden rings like on other Goulding clarinets. Speaker liner projects almost to the centre of the bore. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. Zig-zag F♯3/C♯5 lever guided in rudiment of a square wooden ring.

L0:   T; speaker.
L1:   T; throat A♮.
L2:   T.
L3:   T.
L4:   E3/B♮4; F♯3/C♯5.
R1:   T.
R2:   T.
R3:   T.
R4:   T; G♯3/E♭5.

Keyhead type: flat square.
Keymount type: blocks and swelling.
Inscribed on all pieces, except for unstamped mouthpiece "Goulding & Co.", on bell also "London"
Playing accessories: reed and string (not original), boxwood reed-cap.
(Heike Fricke, 2014)

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Clarinet in C
  • Maker: George Goulding Co. (British, founded London 1785)
  • Date: ca. 1800
  • Geography: London, England, United Kingdom
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: Boxwood, ivory, brass
  • Dimensions: L. 58.4 cm (23 in.)
  • Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
  • Credit Line: Gift of William J. Maynard, 1997
  • Object Number: 1997.219.2
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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