Klarinet Archive - Posting 000046.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 12:54:21 -0500

You can use Boehm Eb-clarinet reeds to get a first impression. (Quite a=20=

number of players in Germany do this sometomes!

Regards Georg
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Georg K=FChner
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Am 07.03.2008 um 22:30 schrieb Keith Bowen:

> I would say yes. Uebel is a very good make, still in Markneukirchen.=20=

> Looks
> like it was used in a Nazi police band :). Yes the mouthpiece almost
> certainly takes a German reed (narrower than French) bound on with=20
> string.
>
> Keith Bowen
>
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> Behalf
> Of Peter Gentry
> Sent: 07 March 2008 19:27
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] German system clarinet
>
> I have acquired an old German system clarinet from my father in law's
> effects. He "liberated" 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 "play".
>
> Is this instrument worth an overhaul?
>
> regards
> Peter Gentry
>
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