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Author: Denise F.
Date: 1999-11-28 03:16
I just bought a used clarinet on e-bay. The seller said it was a Pruefer from the 70s. It has these numbers stamped on the two body parts: 5, then under that 111. It does not have any other labels. Could it be a Pruefer? Is so, would it date from the 1970s? (It is made of plastic, and I didn't pay much.) Where might it have been made? Thanks all for reading this note.
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-11-28 04:16
If it is a Pruefer, that name should be stamped on one or more of the body parts. If it has no label, then it isn't a Pruefer.
Pruefer was an independent clarinet manufacturer and their factory was in Providence, R.I. They are no longer in the clarinet making business.
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Author: Lelia
Date: 1999-12-02 16:39
Dee wrote:
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If it is a Pruefer, that name should be stamped on one or more of the body parts. If it has no label, then it isn't a Pruefer.
Pruefer was an independent clarinet manufacturer and their factory was in Providence, R.I. They are no longer in the clarinet making business.
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Didn't Pruefer also make stencil instruments for sale as store brands? Often such instruments have no brand name engraving, but instead come with a paper tag, label or decal that tends to get lost. It's possible that the seller knew enough about clarinets to compare tenon bands, key cup contours and so forth, and determined that the instrument is probably made by Pruefer. Even if that's the case, though, I agree with Dee that an unlabelled clarinet shouldn't be sold as a Pruefer unless there's some solid provenance on it (evidence such as the original sales receipt showing the serial number and brand name, for instance). Without provenance, a more appropriate way to describe such an instrument would be something like, "clarinet probably manufactured by Pruefer."
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-12-03 03:55
Lelia wrote:
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Didn't Pruefer also make stencil instruments for sale as store brands?
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I don't know if they made store brands or not. However, at one time, they did sell some of their instruments through the Carl Fisher company. The one that I have is stamped "G. Pruefer" and is also stamped "distributed by Carl Fisher". These are within the same oval on all the body parts.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 1999-12-05 14:42
Before this thread disappears from the active board, My wood Pruefer, singlebody U and L joints, a 3/4 full Boehm, ser.no. 2501, is not very playable, but has a G and P on top of one-another and a B, but no Carl F I could find.Does this help? Don
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