On loan to The Met The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Clarinet in Bb
Henri Selmer French
Patti Smith American
Not on view
Patti Smith is an influential poet, performer, and songwriter, and was at the forefront of the punk movement in the 1970s. This clarinet was a gift from her late husband, musician Fred Sonic Smith, in 1977. Smith, who has a distinctively abstract improvisational style on the instrument, has used it extensively in performance and recordings including Wave, Banga, and Higher Learning.
Technical Description:
17 keys, six rings, silver plated keys
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