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Author: musicrn77
Date: 2008-07-13 03:31
I have owned a kolhert bass clarinet since high school the sn is 4832. I have had many problems with it because the second octive key is on the neck and it is very sensitive to the slighest tampering a few years ago i tried to have it repaired and they screwed it up royaly!!!!!! I have never see another configured like this. I was wondering what it may be worth and if it can be fixed. Any info would be helpful.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2008-07-13 16:04
Many bad repairers or people with a bad technical sense can easily ruin a mechanism like that, but it should be possible to fix. I have one of the worst double register key mechanisms on my alto and if that was possible to fix I think just about anything is. I doubt the Kohlert is worse.
Nitai
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2008-07-13 20:58
You need a good tech. If it worked well before it went south it should be able to work well again though it is not a good mechanism. Far too sensitive. ESP www.peabody.jhu.edu/457 (Listen to a little Mozart, live performance)
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Author: Wes
Date: 2008-07-13 21:49
Hi!
A friend of mine plays a Kohlert bass clarinet in several high quality local orchestras as needed and plays it very well. The bottom end was extended to low C by the late Glen Johnston with keys made by Nick Spirito. I also made extensions to several keys to allow his short fingers to navigate it. In addition, I revised the neck octave mechanism to be more direct and reliable in operation because it was always out of adjustment. The wood in this clarinet is great and the sound is quite focussed. The tuning of several notes, especially side keys, was not as good as needed, so I did a lot of tuning on it. Good luck with yours!
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2008-07-14 04:11
I'm on my sixth or seventh Kohlert bass clarinet -- I've had them in wood, hard-rubber and metal versions, some with the upper register vent on the neck (a la Selmer) as well as the later (Winnenden, Germany) versions with the extended upper joint and upper register vent at the very top of the upper joint. There is nothing inherently wrong with their design -- once properly set up they are as reliable as any Buffet or Selmer bass (and possibly more reliable).
No double automatic register vent mechanism is simple, and so many technicians who don't work with them regularly, screw them up.
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Author: C2thew
Date: 2008-07-14 06:08
for some reason, kohlert' bass clarinets have a very good reputation. have yet to try one.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. they are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive as railroads lead to Boston to New York
-Walden; Henry Thoreau
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