Iowa Band Museum: Woodwind Instrument Collection

A (L.P.) Clarinet, "Excelsior"
Manufactured in Austria / J.W. Pepper & Son, Philadelphia, PA
Donated April 3, 1998 by Ray & Verjean Busching.
Belonged to Ray's uncle, W.F. Busching
Ebony, Albert system
Upper joint: 8 keys. Lower joint: 2 rings (2nd & 3rd fingers), 5 keys

Conn Bb "Cavalier" metal clarinet
Serial #08601. Silver plate, Boehm system

Bb Buffet clarinet
Crampon & Cie. A Paris
Serial #15843
Ebony, Boehm system, 4 pieces including mouthpiece

Bb Selmer clarinet, Paris
Markings: DO and depose above, France below on
upper joint. DO on barrel on lower joint, DO barrel,
Selmer, Elkhart, IN on bell
Donated July 15, 1987. Played by Bill Lynch,
a long-time member of the CFMB.
Ebony, Boehm system, 5 pieces including mouthpiece

C Clarinet manufactured by V. Kohlert & Sons,
Graslitz, Czechoslovakia, Serial #21346
Donated April 3, 1998 by Ray and Verjean Busching.
Belonged to Ray's uncle, W.F. Busching
Ebony, Albert system
Upper joint: 2 rings (1st and 2nd fingers), 8 keys.
Lower joint: 2 rings (2nd and 3rd fingers), 5 keys.

Eb alto clarinet manufactured by V. Kohlert & Sons,
Graslitz, Czechoslovakia, Serial #790, ebony, 4 pieces, without mouthpiece

Oboe manufactured by F. Loree, Paris
Serial #HH48 on upper and lower joints and bell
Ebony.

Buffet Bassoon (L.P.), made in Paris
Serial #R466
No bocal, lots of detached key mechanism

Buffet Bassoon
Serial #549R [or P?]
No bocal

Karl Wunderlich Bassoon
Serial #484, Czechoslovakia

Conn Bb Bass Saxophone
Serial #B 56522 L
Silverplate, soldered toneholes

Conn Eb (L.P.) Sarrusaphone
Serial #1119954 Eb V259, patd. December, 1914
Acquired ca. 1923
Adjustable pivot screws, double reed or single reed
mouthpiece (specially made by Conn)