Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
Cundy-Bettoney Company
Date1933-1940 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
ModelCadet
Serial No.1902
SignedStamped on bell: BC Co (monogram) / CADET / MADE IN AMERICAMarkings02 Stamped on the underside of following keys:
LH c-sharp'/g-sharp key''
LH e/b' key
LH f-sharp/c-sharp'' key
LH f/c'' key
RH e/b' key
RH f-sharp/c-sharp'' key
Stamped at top of body front just below barrel: PAT. 1,705,634
Description2 sections: barrel with socket, one-piece body and bell. Boehm system; metal body and keys; single-wall construction. Cadet was one of Cundy-Bettoney's lowest student-line models.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 576 mm
Barrel: 69.7 mm
One-piece body: 506 mm
Bore at top of body: 14.9 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesDeborah Check Reeves, "Historically Speaking" in "The Clarinet." Vol. 40 No. 2, March 2013, pp. 40-41.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01617
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