Clarinet

Embach & Co, Ludwig, c. 1825

Music has always been a crucial element of public celebrations, such as military parades, coronations, royal weddings, and funerals, adding grandeur to the solemnity of the occasion. Musical ensembles entrusted with performing music at these events have existed in Europe since the Middle Ages. This display highlights various marching bands and their musical instruments dating from the 16th to the 19th century.

  • Artwork typewind instrument, musical instrument, clarinet
  • Object numberBK-NM-9783
  • Dimensionslength 660 mm, diameter 90 mm
  • Physical characteristicsbuxushout, ivoor, messing en rozenhout

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Clarinet

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-9783

  • Description

    Klarinet van buxushout bestaande uit vijf delen met vijf ivoren ringen en twaalf messing kleppen. Het mondstuk is van ebbenhout. Gemarkeerd op de beker L. Embach & Co / te Amsterdam. Gemarkeerd op de overige delen: L. Embach & Co.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • mark, on the upper and middle and lower joint, stamped: ‘L.Embach & Co.’
    • mark, on the bell, stamped: ‘L.Embach & Co/ te Amsterdam’

Creation

  • Creation

    musical instrument maker: Embach & Co, Ludwig, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    c. 1825

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    buxushout, ivoor, messing en rozenhout

  • Dimensions

    • length 660 mm
    • diameter 90 mm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of P.I. Rado, Enkhuizen

  • Acquisition

    gift 1894

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

  • L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana : Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 3

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