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This site has been developed as a web-based audio accompaniment to the publication War Damaged Musical Instruments. It is designed to reflect the chapter structure of the publication but it also hosts footage of the recording sessions, the various installations and fragments of the audio master files of each of the instruments.

Audio Recording
—Susan Philipsz
Captions and Texts
—Hunter Dukes, Eoghan McTigue
Camera and Editing
—Eoghan McTigue, Robin Thompson
Instrument Photography
—Julian Abrams, Björn Albert, Nick Ash
Installation Photography
—Julian Abrams, Achim Kukulies, Thomas Ritter, Stuart Whipps, Jan Windszus
Design and Development
—Florian Ludwig

Imprint
Studio Susan Philipsz
Kulturhaus Schöneberg
Kyffhäuserstraße 23
Atelier 32, 3. OG VH
10781 Berlin
studio@susanphilipsz.com

All texts, images, recordings and archival materials are copyright of their respective owners.

Clarinet in E flat

This E flat clarinet, produced by Boosey & Co., was damaged by shrapnel during World War I. Its bell and lower tube are cracked, and may have been assembled from the component parts of multiple damaged instruments. The mouthpiece is by Rudall Carte, London. It was acquired by the Royal Military School of Music in 1916.

Clarinet in E flat, 1910 Boosey and Co. Inventory number: MAM 1:0072. Collection: Museum of Army Music, Alford Schools of Military Music, Portsmouth, UK.

Clarinet in E flat

Clarinet in E flat, 1910 Boosey and Co. Inventory number: MAM 1:0072. Collection: Museum of Army Music, Alford Schools of Military Music, Portsmouth, UK.

This E flat clarinet, produced by Boosey & Co., was damaged by shrapnel during World War I. Its bell and lower tube are cracked, and may have been assembled from the component parts of multiple damaged instruments. The mouthpiece is by Rudall Carte, London. It was acquired by the Royal Military School of Music in 1916.

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Clarinet in E flat