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Author: CDN
Date: 2008-12-22 02:33
A friend of mine gave me an old Cadet clarinet. Can anyone tell me anything about it. It appears to be an entry level instrument. I don't know anything about clarinets and was thiking of giving it to my young grandaughter after I replace the brokenpads. Any help would be appreciated.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2008-12-22 03:31
According to information in the archives (by using the SEARCH link) the metal Cadet clarinet was a student model made by Cundy-Bettoney and introduced about 1940.
Previous ones have sold for between $50 - $75 on auction sites ...GBK
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Author: MaxnDad
Date: 2010-10-21 14:52
I found in the Music Educators Journal from 1936 a Cundy-Bettoney Company advertisement. The level of instruments in the adv. went Cadet beginner or least expensive, then the Columbia Model next up in price/quality and finally the H. Bettoney their top of the line instrument. This is for the metal flutes and piccolos, wood clarinets and metal clarinets. The exception is the top of the line metal clarinet, of course, the Silva-Bet. There are prices listed in the adv. but they are hard to read clearly. Plastic Clarinets came later but I haven't found when.
Here is the link to the adv.: http://mej.sagepub.com/content/22/3/6.extract
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Author: BobD
Date: 2010-10-21 17:36
As stated above it's probably a Cundy-Bettoney. IF it is a plastic type material it's probably not really worth it to consider giving it to your grand daughter unless you have someone knowledgeable examine it.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2010-10-21 17:58
As a general rule, manufacturers only give model names that indicate youth, an entry-level job or a subordinate position, such as Cadet and Regent, to beginner-level instruments. Nobody'd call a pro model a Cadet unless the word means something considerably different in another language, and even then a smart manufacturer will look up a word in major languages before sticking it on a product. One company (I forget which, offhand) has gone so far as to name a current clarinet model the Tyro! -- apparently ignorant of the American English connotation of ... well, ignorance, and not in the sense of dewy-eyed innocence.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: Noverbuf
Date: 2010-11-08 07:34
Attachment: bettoney.jpg (51k)
First of all, there is a better picture of the Bettoney ad with the prices clearly seen:
http://rememberjamaicaplain.blogspot.com/2008/02/cundy-bethoney-where-are-you.html
(click on the pic to open it). I'll also attach it here for future reference in case the link goes away.
I also have a Cundy Bettoney (I think it's Cadet) clarinet which has wooden upper and lower sections and bakelite bell and barrel. I'm planning to DIY-repad it as the pads are old. It's clearly a student model but it looks nicely made and feels solid.
In the ad the clarinets are either wood or metal and I know many Cundy Bettoney student models that appear on Evil-Bay look like hard rubber. I don't know if they introduced the bakelite bell and barrel on the Cadets later or it was the original design. Mine looks like it's from 50-s judging by the case.
Post Edited (2010-11-08 07:50)
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Author: BobD
Date: 2010-11-08 10:31
"noverbuf": My first clarinet was purchased in 1939 and the construction was the same as you mention but it had a "foreign" name on it....french sounding. The metal work was unplated nickel silver.
Bob Draznik
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