Klarinet Archive - Posting 000271.txt from 1996/08

From: Joerg Peltzer <peltzer@-----.DE>
Subj: Re: German Clarinetist in the List
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 15:24:05 -0400

> From: bill.fogle@-----.com (Fogle, Bill)
> Subject: Re: German Clarinetist in the List
> To: Joerg Peltzer <peltzer@-----.DE>
> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 96 11:36:16 PDT

> Joerg----
>
>
> Welcome to the list! I have some questions!!!! What I want to
> know is:
> 1. Is it true you have to ask Mr. Wurlitzer to make one of his clarinets (an
> come up with a good reason why you need one?) or are they available
> generally, like French instruments?

Sure you can buy them at Mr. Wurlitzer, but sometimes you have to
wait for it (in some cases in the 1970s up to 3 years, its the same
with german Yamaha Clarinets today). Nowadays the Wurlitzer Clarinets
are not the one and only, as the Situation in the 1970s or 80s.
But the only reason for that, is that no one wants to by german
Clarinets. As you know the Rest of the World plays Boehm, and
sometimes I think it would be better for me too.
So when Wurlitzer sells about 200 Clarinets in the Year, its like
Buffet selling the same in a Week.
By the way, I play a Wurlitzer Set (from 1968), but would not buy one
today because the Quality is much less, since Herbert Wurlitzer died
in the late 80s.
And dont forget the Price. A new Wurlitzer Clarinet costs about
17.000 DM which is about 11.000 US$
>
> 2. Do you know anything about Zinner mouthpiece blanks? What design
> are they based upon? My understanding is that they are Chedeville designs.

Can you tell me what "blanks" means?
I play a Zinner Mouthpiece (its made of glass, and based upon the
Italian Pomerico). As they have a lot of different Models
(not like Vandoren) you can buy a lot of different types at him. For
the German Clarinet there are about 40 different, i dont know if they
have as much for Boehm.
For Example the Main model is based upon the Wurlitzer Mouthpieces,
so why not Chedeville ( <@-----.

> 3. (If you play Wurlitzer instruments) have you played both the German
> and the Reform Boehm instruments? How do they compare?

No i have never played on a Reform Boehm, but there is one Clrinetist
in our local Orchestra who plays it.
The main idea of the Reform Boehm is, to take the Advantages of the
German and the Boehm (believe me there are some for the German, too)
and put it together as one. So the RB has the Boehm Fingering and the
German Bore Opening, and i think also German Mouthpieces and Reeds.

> Again, welcome!! ---Bill Fogle.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By the way, since this is my first message to the list, is it right,
that I dont receive my own written EMails?

All for now JP

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Sent by Joerg Peltzer
and always remember good 'ole Miles Davis:
Ein Ton kann erst dann falsch gewesen sein,
wenn der naechste erklingt!