Clarinet in C
Alfred G. Badger (born Connecticut, 1815; died Brooklyn, NY, 8 Nov 1892) was an American flute maker. He was an apprentice to Ball & Douglass, flute makers, in Utica, New York. In 1838 he went to Buffalo, where he was a partner in the Nickels & Badger music store from 1839 to1841. (Mary Jean Simpson, "Badger, Alfred G.", in: Grove Music Online, 10/8/2014)
Overall size: 589
Bore: c-hole 13.2; f-hole 13.2.
Conical Part: 100
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. English style long tenon ebony mouthpiece grooved for cord. English style flask shaped barrel. Speaker liner projects almost to the centre of the bore, nevertheless there is also a small chimney on the back of the instrument. Speaker and throat A key mounted in turned wooden square rings; bascule key mounted in turned wooden round ring. Some pins to prevent the wood from cracking. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. F♯3/C♯5 lever guided in a block.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮.
L2: T.
L3: T.
L4: E3/B♮4; F♯3/C♯5.
R1: T.
R2: T.
R3: T.
R4: T; G♯3/E♭5.
Keyhead type: flat round.
Keymount type: Turned wooden rings, swelling.
Inscribed on barrel, middle and lower section as well as on bell "NICKELS & BADGER / BUFFALO"; on upper section also "C". Mouthpiece unstamped.
Playing accessories: one reed and a cord (not original).
(Heike Fricke, 2014)
Overall size: 589
Bore: c-hole 13.2; f-hole 13.2.
Conical Part: 100
Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. English style long tenon ebony mouthpiece grooved for cord. English style flask shaped barrel. Speaker liner projects almost to the centre of the bore, nevertheless there is also a small chimney on the back of the instrument. Speaker and throat A key mounted in turned wooden square rings; bascule key mounted in turned wooden round ring. Some pins to prevent the wood from cracking. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a bell-shaped swelling. F♯3/C♯5 lever guided in a block.
L0: T; speaker.
L1: T; throat A♮.
L2: T.
L3: T.
L4: E3/B♮4; F♯3/C♯5.
R1: T.
R2: T.
R3: T.
R4: T; G♯3/E♭5.
Keyhead type: flat round.
Keymount type: Turned wooden rings, swelling.
Inscribed on barrel, middle and lower section as well as on bell "NICKELS & BADGER / BUFFALO"; on upper section also "C". Mouthpiece unstamped.
Playing accessories: one reed and a cord (not original).
(Heike Fricke, 2014)
Artwork Details
- Title: Clarinet in C
- Maker: John R. Nickels (American, active Buffalo, 1838–44)
- Maker: Alfred G. Badger (American, Connecticut 1814/15–1892 Brooklyn, New York)
- Date: 1839–41
- Geography: Buffalo, New York, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Boxwood, brass, ivory
- Dimensions: L. 58.8 cm (23 in.)
- Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Barrington Foundation Inc. and Robert Alonzo Lehman Gifts, 1995
- Object Number: 1995.369.1
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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