Clarinet, B-flat
Maker
Cundy-Bettoney Company
Date1927-1929 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
ModelSilva-Bet S21XO
Serial No.S1802
SignedStamped on bell: [music lyre] / H. BETTONEY / CBCo (in cursive) / BOSTON (from name, all within oval cartouche) / USA Stamped at very top front of body: PAT. PENDING / 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
Stamped at bottom of barrel: [music lyre] / H. BETTONEY / CBCo (in cursive) / BOSTON (from name, all within oval cartouche) / USA
MarkingsStamped on underside of touchpieces of left hand e/b, f/c, and f-sharp/c-sharp keys and right hand e/b and f-sharp/c-sharp keys: 02
Stamped on very top back of body: S1802
Description2 sections: tunable barrel with socket, one-piece body and bell. Boehm system; silver-plated metal body and keys, rings; single-wall construction; barrel has screw-type tuning device. Cundy-Bettoney's top line professional clarinet at this time. Uses both patents: US Patent 1,705,634 issued March 19, 1929, for metal body and tunable screw-type barrel and US Patent 1,200,578 issued Oct. 10, 1916, for forked E-flat/B-flat device.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons.
Overall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell, barrel at shortest length): 666 mm
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell, barrel at shortest length): 592 mm
Barrel: 64.9 mm (shortest length), 73.4 mm (fully extended)
One-piece body and bell: 530 mm
Bore at top of body: 14.6 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01942
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