DCM 0275: Hermann Wrede Clarinet in C

Barrel from another instrument, see Langwill regarding barrel. Upper section, 3 original cross pins. Lower, 1 original cross pin.
Instrument type: Clarinet in C
Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, ivory ferrules.; 52.7 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, square flaps, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (unicorn head) / H-WREDE / 15 / ST. IOHNS-SQUARE / CLERKENWELL / . LONDON / C
Mark Additional: Mark on bell. Mark on upper, middle, lower body: H-WREDE / . LONDON. Mark on barrel: STANESBY / JUNIOR
Condition: DCM ledger: "2 missing and broken keys, replaced. Bell rim all gone, 2 ivory rings missing, replaced." Upper ivory ferrule on barrel replaced by DCM. Upper body, old fork repair of register key consisting of brass strap riveted to mend break. E-flat and A keys are replacements. B-F# possibly a replacement. G#-D# key a replacement. F# key has replacement section just below pin, and a portion of the upper end of the key may be a replacement, and/or it may have been shortened. Lower joint ivory ferrule, a replacement by DCM. Chips of wood missing at low F (E key) tonehole. Bell, ivory ferrule missing, and bell has been shaved down by hand to receive a brass ferrule replacement, now missing. No mouthpiece.
Provenance: Gamaliel W. Beaman, Princeton, Massachusetts, 12 July 1922.

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