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Author: RentAKat
Date: 2008-07-02 00:30
Does anyone know anything about where I could find a Penzel- Mueller wooden Brilliante model? According to the trademark page at Horn-u-copia, the only Brilliante model they made was a metal student model. However, sitting on my workbench right now is a wooden Brilliante. Can anyone shed some light? Thanks in advance.
This is the trademark page at Horn-u-copia:
<http://www.horn-u-copia.net/pubtrade.php?sortby=%20%20%20name%20%20%20&selby=<r=substr(%20%20name%20%20,1,1)="B">
www.hugohelmermusic.com
Burlington, WA
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Author: Bill
Date: 2008-07-02 00:42
ebay? I had one. Another well-known contributor here had a coveted "Super Brilliante." I loved the genuine leather case, and I still have the screwdriver that came in it.
The accessories were fabulous. The workmanship was first-rate. The musical quality was unremarkable.
Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)
Post Edited (2008-07-02 00:43)
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2008-07-02 00:45
I may not be well-known, but I had a wood Brilliante (non-"Super"). It was, like Bill's, unremarkable in playing qualities.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2008-07-02 01:30
Ive been somewhat acquainted with P-M's since about 1935, when I bot my teacher's Full Boehm [20-7], playing it in jr and senior high schools, Mich State band, dance bands and our local symp. orch. It is now in our Bvl. History Museum. It was/is from the 1920's, was played, along with piano/organ, for silent movies. I also found a 1910's 20-7 and its in Tulsa, given to a V G friend- cl teacher. The latter has rollers on several of the long keys. A close friend has an Artist model, playing it in our Comm Band, until he inherited a 10G from brother. Are there significant differences in the Brill. over the lesser models?? Search P-M for a lot of discussion. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2008-07-02 01:45
Hi RentAKat [what a moniker!] - Take a look on that auction site for an Artist and a Brilliante, the latter [a 17/6] has an off-set lower UJ tone hole! Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2008-07-02 07:45
I have 2 Brilliantes, and a G.Penzel; all in Bb, all wood. I always found that the Brilliante to have a really nice sound... and really bad pitch.
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Author: vintschevski
Date: 2008-07-02 11:10
I have 2 Brilliantes, a Super-Brilliante, an Artist, 4 Empires and one or two other P-M models ("Jean Aubert" is one of them, I think; maybe "Dynatone" or something similar is another). I haven't any experience of the Bel Canto model or any of the P-M metal clarinets. In very broad terms I would say that the Super-Brilliante and the better Empires (intermediate standard) are worth having.
[But there are better bargains to be had on ebay and elsewhere - for intermediate instruments a B&H Edgware can usually be picked up for $60-$100, and for $200-300 a Denis Noblet is worth considering. B&H 2-20s are also great, but seem to vary more widely in price.]
So you could come by a Brilliante easily enough, they turn up on ebay fairly frequently, but personally I don't think it worth acquiring for the quality of the instrument. You possibly have other reasons for wanting one, however.
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