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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-09-05 19:02
I know of a Penzel Mueller Artist Eb clarinet (Boehm syst.) that has several important keys missing, and an ebonite B&H Imperial bell. But I did notice the barrel has solid silver rings on it (they're stamped 'Sterling Silver') - is it worth the time and effort restoring or not worth bothering about?
And were these made in the US or in France by Malerne (as I've seen several Malerne made instruments bearing the word 'Artist' even if they're stamped Louis, Lafleur, Lucerne, etc)?
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-09-05 20:52
Chris - P M made insts, cls et al, from about the late 1800s up to perhaps 1960. I have a Full Boehm of the 1920's, gave a friend a FB of earlier date[1910's?]. A good f[r]iend has a prized Bb Artist model [17/6] of the 40's?, which says New York, not Long Island as mine does. Run a Search since we have discussed these and have MarkC's input in our archives. A skilled repairer should be able to modify other Eb keys or make new!, but for a "mixed bag" horn, it would seem only marginal to me !! Much luck, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2005-09-06 01:43
Penzel-Muellers were made in Long Island, New York USA. I have two Bb "Artist" models --- one in wood with either silver-plated or solid silver (I can't tell!) keys and solid silver plain rings probably similar to Chris P's eefer; and an all-metal clarinet (plays very nicely -- I'm not sure an impartial observer would be able to identify it as a metal clarinet by sound alone). Having restored both of these within the last month, obviously I consider them worth restoring! But they're for my own enjoyment rather than resale, so I can't say what their market value is, nor do I really care...........
As Don said, it shouldn't be hard to cannibalize some other eefer for the missing keys and have them adapted to the P-M.
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