Klarinet Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 2008/03

From: Georg.Kuehner@-----.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Georg_K=FChner?=)
Subj: Re: [kl] German system clarinet
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:52:12 -0500

Dear Peter,

Uebel were quiet well rated clarinets in that time. It was a policemens=20=

instrument (polizei)
Send me a picture of the clarinet via email then I can tell you more=20
about the quality (because of the numbers of technical equipment om the=20=

clarinet itself)
Sorry I don't have the proper english words at the moment.

Regards Georg
--=20

Georg K=FChner
Klarinetten (A/B/Alt/Bass), Saxophone (Alt/Tenor)

Telefon 06333 - 274614

Georg.Kuehner@-----.de

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Deutschland
Am 07.03.2008 um 20:27 schrieb Peter Gentry:

> I have acquired an old German system clarinet from my father in law=92s
> effects. He =93liberated=94 this piece during WW2 but no-one knows =
just=20
> where.
>
> It has a holster rather than a case which can be attached to a belt.
>
> The rather indistinct makers markings are
>
> B
> F G UEBEL
> Wohlhausen
> Markneukirchen
>
> But it also has some other markings :
>
> Hess
> Landespolizai
> 1934
>
> The mouthpiece looks as though the reeds may have been bound rather=20
> than
> using a ligature.
>
> The wood is rather dry but there are no cracks and the keys are all=20
> present
> and correct with no bends or marks.
> One of two pads have come unstuck and one spring is missing.=20
> Surprisingly it
> does =93play=94.
>
> Is this instrument worth an overhaul?
>
> regards
> Peter Gentry
>
>
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