Clarinet in B-flat (Albert system)
Buffet-Crampon & Cie
(French, active 1859–1981)
1930
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueBlackwood, nickel silver
DimensionsLength 64.4 cm (25 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dale Higbee
Accession number1986.801
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on barrel, lower bodyjoint, and bell: [lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS / [maker's monogram]; stamped on back of lower bodyjoint: 6680; stamped on upper bodyjoint: [lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS / [maker's monogram] / BREVETES / S.G.D.G.ProvenanceBefore 1937, Henry Belcher; 1937, by descent to his great-nephew, Dale Higbee, Salisbury, North Carolina; 1986, gift of Higbee to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 17, 1986)
