Clarinet in E-flat

Ferdinand Zogbaum

ca. 1855 · Boxwood, brass, ivory, rosewood · Musical Instruments

Ferdinand Zogbaum had a workshop in Charleston ca. 1852 and moved to New York ca. 1854. When Rufus Fairchild joined the company in 1858 it became Zogbaum & Fairchild. The workshop flourished until after 1880. (Nancy Groce, Musical Instrument Makers of New York, 176-177.) Overall size: 430, 491 with mouthpiece. Bore: c-hole 12.2; f-hole 12.2. Conical part: 128 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. Rosewood mouthpiece not grooved for cord. Speaker liner projects ca. 4 mm into the bore. Chimney on the back of the instrument. Sixth key (C♯4/G♯5) mounted on a plate probably a later addition. Levers for L4, tone-hole and key for R4 mounted in a fusiform swelling. Integral wooden rim. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throat A♮. L2: T. L3: T. L4: C♯4/G♯5; 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: square turned wooden rings, swelling, screwed in pillars on plate. Inscribed on all pieces except for mouthpiece and middle section "F. ZOGBAUM / IN / NEW-YORK / E" (Heike Fricke, 2014)

Artist

Ferdinand Zogbaum

Date

ca. 1855

Medium

Boxwood, brass, ivory, rosewood

Culture

American

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Gift of William J. Maynard, 1995