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Clarinet in A

3 sections (barrel missing) of blackwood with Modern style German silver keywork, German silver ferrules. It is possible that this instrument and 4.9 were a pair.

  • Date:
    c.1900 - 1927
  • Maker:
    Martin Frères [Family]
  • Collection:
    Birmingham Conservatoire
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  • Place of production:
    Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on the upper joint: “[bee monogram] / MARTIN Fres / A PARIS / [MF monogram]”|stamped on bell: “[motif: bee monogram] / MARTIN Fres / A PARIS / [MF monogram] / [row of five medals incorporating “MF”, the middle one inscribed “PARIS / 1889 / 1900”] / GRAND PRIX”
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  • Repository:Birmingham Conservatoire
  • Measurements:523mm