Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
Cundy-Bettoney Company
Date1933-1940 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
ModelCadet
Serial No.8571
SignedStamped on bell: BC Co (monogram) / CADET (all within leafy wreathe) / REG U.S. PAT.OFF.MarkingsStamped on back of LH f/c'' key: 19
Stamped at top of body front just below barrel: PAT. 1,705,634
Description2 sections: tuning slide barrel with tenon, one-piece body and bell. Boehm system; silver-plated brass body and keys, rings; single-wall construction; has a tunable barrel with double-wall so acts as tuning slide with top tenon of body; makes use of US Patent 1,200,578 issued Oct. 10, 1916 for forked E-flat/B-flat device (which this clarinet has).
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 602 mm
Barrel: 63.9 mm
One-piece body: 561 mm
Bore at bottom end of tunable barrel: 14.9 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01898
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