NMM 6116. Clarinet in B-flat, ca. 1955. Unfinished, experimental prototype. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1998.

One piece body only.  German silver.  Tone holes not drilled through.  Five keys, four rings, one left-hand plateau key, twelve pad-covered tone holes, extra large right-hand thumb rest.  Length (from very top to very bottom), 487 mm. 

Lit.:  Deborah Check Reeves, "The Mazzeo System Clarinet:  An Historical Review," The Clarinet 26, No. 2 (March 1999), pp. 62-64.

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