Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
Cundy-Bettoney Company
Date1929-1941 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
ModelSilva-Bet S21XO
Serial No.S3843
SignedStamped on bell: [music lyre] / H. BETTONEY / CBCo (in cursive) / BOSTON (from name, all within oval cartouche) / USA (whole signature surrounded by ornamental design of diamond, swans in form of lyre, and a ribbon bow)Stamped at very top front of body: PAT. 1,705,634 / Silva-Bet (top of "B" extends in straight line from the "i" to the "B") Bb / [music lyre] / H. BETTONEY / CBCo (in cursive) / BOSTON (from name, all within oval cartouche) / USA
MarkingsStamped on underside of touchpieces of left hand c-sharp/g-sharp, f/c, and f-sharp/c-sharp keys and right hand e/b key: 43
Stamped on very top back of body: S3843
Description2 sections: barrel with socket, one-piece body and bell. Silver-plated metal body of single-wall construction. Silver-plated, nickel-silver keywork. Boehm system with 17 touchpieces and six ring keys. Tunable screw-type barrel. Patented forked E-flat/B-flat device (US Patent 1,200,578 issued Oct. 10, 1916).
Introduced in 1925, the Silva-Bet was Cundy-Bettoney's top line metal clarinet.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell, barrel at shortest length): 667mm
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell, barrel at shortest length): 594mm
Barrel: 64.6 mm (shortest length), 75.1 mm (fully extended)
One-piece body and bell: 531 mm
Bore at top of body: 14.7 mm
ProvenanceNo known provenance.
Published ReferencesReeves, Deborah Check. "Historically Speaking." _The Clarinet_ 40, No. 2 (March 2013): 40-41.
Credit LineGift of Bruce Kitzel, 1982
Object number03045
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