Klarinet Archive - Posting 000957.txt from 2001/01

From: "Franklin Kercher" <kranwli@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] What about the Pedler?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 00:32:42 -0500

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From: Margy Houtz <dhoutz@-----.com>
Date: Monday, January 29, 2001 9:44 PM
Subject: [kl] What about the Pedler?

Like most companies, they made some good horns and some not so good. I
have a hard rubber one from about 1925 thats not yet ready to play yet, and
another one from about 1936 (wood) that has a beautiful tone and is pretty
much in tune. I do know they made several grades of clarinet but I don't
have a list of the different models. Maybe some of the other readers can
help here.

>In 1946 I bought a wooden B flat American Pedler clarinet...and have been
>playing it ever since.
>It has had three or four total overhauls and still plays reasonably well.
>I bought it used for $125, which seems like a lot of money...I probably got
>taken. It is obviously a student model,
>made in Elkhart, Indiana. The number on the instrument is A2346. Does
>anyone know the history of the Pedler Company? I haven't found that info
on
>the net, and I am particularly curious what year it was made.
>
>I currently play in a Dixieland and a community concert band...but mostly
>use a newer Yamana.
>(My other instrument is a 70 year old taragato that I picked up in Budapest
>last year.
>
>Dave Houtz
>Los Olivos, Califoria
>Dhoutz@-----.com
>
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