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Clarion in E-flat

ca. 1820

Medium

Wood, metal

Dimensions

Height: 60.5 cm Sounding length: 124 cm (to low B written) M/pc to RH 3rd hole: 48 cm Bore of base section: 16.9 mm Bore at barrel: 15 mm Mouthpiece to elbow: 15.5 cm Wing: 20.5 cm Butt: 27.5 cm Bass: 20.5 cm Bell length: 12 cm Bell diameter: 9.6 cm

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1994

Classification

Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical

Department

Musical Instruments

Culture

American

Rights

Public Domain

About George Catlin

1796–1872 • United States

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