DCM 1436: J. W. Pepper Clarinet in B-flat

Instrument type: Clarinet in B-flat
Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver.; 56 cm. (without mouthpiece)
Key Holes System: Simple system, 2 right hand finger rings, sometimes called Albert System. See "Meyer-Albert Systematic Misnomers."
Mark Maximum: THE / PREMIER / J. W. PEPPER / PHILADELPHIA / AND / CHICAGO / B (flat sign)
Mark Additional: Mark on bell. Mark on barrel, upper, and lower: J. W. PEPPER / PREMIER / PHILA / CHICAGO / B (flat sign)
Condition: Missing mouthpiece. Bell cracked and repaired with 3 nickel silver cross pins. Lower body joint cracked at socket to fingerhole 4. Tip is broken off and missing on crystal B-flat mouthpiece.
Case: In case with DCM 1437. Both instruments (DCM 1436 and 1437) are 2 of a set of 3 carried in the present homemade case lined inside with green felt. The case also contains an unsigned wooden E-flat clarinet mouthpiece and barrel from another instrument, with ligature; plus one ebonite B-flat mouthpiece marked: G. L. PENZEL / & MÜLLER(?) / NEW YORK, and a 2nd ebonite B-flat mouthpiece stamped (in white): STUDENT // 1167 // M, a cocuswood B-flat mouthpiece, unsigned, and a crystal B-flat mouthpiece, fluted, marked: H. CHEDEVILLE (cursive). The case contains 3 B-flat and/or A ligatures, plus 7 more B-flat and/or A clarinet barrels.

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