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Author: janlynn
Date: 2012-02-06 13:20
Picked up a repadded Cundy- Bettoney for $50. Plays pretty well. needs some tweaking. Appears to be wood? NO serial number? veritcal number on upper joint starting with N
Did I get a good deal?
can anyone tell me anything about this clarinet
student model? intermediate model? year?
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Author: rtmyth
Date: 2012-02-06 13:25
Our Allentown Band principal clarinetist played a Silver Bet for many years. Beautiful timbre. I believe it was their finest professional metal clarinet.
richard smith
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Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2012-02-06 14:12
I can't be sure about the wooden version but the metal 3-Star clarinet were student models. I can't be sure about the date of manufacture since no record exist that I know of but I believe the company stopped making instruments around 1955.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2012-02-07 12:20
Just to clarify: The 3-Star and the Silva-Bet were different models. The 3-Star was sold as a student model. The Silva-Bet was promoted as a professional model. (FWIW -- I'm an amateur and choosing my words carefully there, because although I own a couple of metal Silva-Bets and I like them for jazz, I don't believe professional classical musicians have ever regarded Silva-Bets as appropriate for orchestras.)
Lelia
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Author: Klarnetisto
Date: 2012-02-08 00:47
The owner of the French website on metal clarinets says that Silva-Bets were used in professional orchestras. I just got a Silva-Bet A restored and it's excellent.
But the Three-Star is a C-B student model. $50 is a very reasonable and appropriate price for one.
Klarnetisto
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