Klarinet Archive - Posting 000101.txt from 1969/12

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: [kl] Pruefer and Penzel & Mueller
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500


Pruefer was made in Providence R I, and according to Langwill he had worked for the Penzel & Mueller company for awhile.

I once re-built a Selmer Navy clarinet and asked Ralph Morgan about it since it did not look like any Selmer I had ever seen. He said that during WWII Selmer sub-contracted work to Penzel & Mueller to meet government demands.

It would be interesting if someone here had much information on the two companies.

I once met someone who knew someone who had worked for Pruefer, but I can't find my notes about it.

It is interesting that Langwill says that Al Laubin made oboes in the Penzel & Mueller facilities.

Has anyone ever done a research paper on them?

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
>From: hns692@-----.com
>Sent: Jul 14, 2011 6:22 AM
>To: klarinet@-----.com
>Subject: Re: [kl] The Mazzeo system
>
>It occurred to me that now we're dealing with relatively unknown
>instruments and systems and their deviations from what the general public now
>accepts as what a clarinet is or should be, has anyone heard of a Prufer
>clarinet? It was available sometime in the 50s, but when it was first offered for
>sale in the US and how long the brand stayed is rather hazy. I
>"overhauled" one a while back and it definitely was different ... not easy to work on.
>
>Lee Ann Hansen
>
>
>
>
>In a message dated 7/14/2011 2:42:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>sp253@-----.uk writes:
>
>On Wed, 13 Jul 2011, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
>> And how about the McIntyre system? It changes the entire throat setup --
>> fingering is extensively revised.
>
>It's relatively easy to adjust to as it's quite logical really. The real
>problem with the more complex (different) mechanisms, is keeping them in
>good adjustment.
>
>Stella (who indeed has a case (or, indeed, several cases full...) of GAS)
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