Klarinet Archive - Posting 000660.txt from 2004/11

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Kalmen Opperman and Reed Making
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:31:37 -0500

Speaking of Penzel-Mueller - does anyone know where one can purchase a
Penzel-Mueller ligature?

TIA

Audrey

Steve Hartman wrote:

>Kalmen Opperman began studying reed-making and mouthpiece-making in 1931, when he was an 11-year-old
>boy. His teacher was Edward Hoffmann, a German craftsman who designed and made the Penzel-Mueller
>#3 mouthpiece. Mr. Hoffmann was 89 years of age at the time.
>
>
>

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