Klarinet Archive - Posting 000046.txt from 1996/05

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Kohlert Clarinets
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 21:38:05 -0400

Maybe I'm being remarkably naive here, but is the instrument not playable?
Could you not simply use a different neck and play a written C (regardless
of register), comparing that pitch to an A or Bb on a piano (or even to
another clarinet playing written C)? This doesn't seem like such a difficult
problem.

On Thu, 2 May 1996, Jack Dannenberg wrote:

> I noticed on one of the Kohlert clarinet responses said the clarinet
> was labeled Bohemia, someone else said that it must be older than
> 1918 as after that time they were made in Czechoslovokia. For what
> it's worth Bohemia is one of 2 states in the Czech Republic, the
> other being Moravia so I wouldn't try and date the instrument on
> that criteria. I have a Kohlert Bass and am trying to determine if
> it is an A or Bb. I don't have the original neck. Can anyone suggest
> a way to find out or does anyone else have a Kohlert that I can
> communicate with and get some measurements?
> --
> Jack Dannenberg
> music@-----.com
>