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RE: Interesting clarinet - Sara

Author: Hans de Nijs
Date: 2001-04-18 19:45

I have checked an old Uebel catalogue. It is said before: it is not the full Oehler system, but a simple variant although equiped with interesting extra keywork:
A ' - As ' mechanism for which Uebel claims a stabile throat register and on the lower joint an extra key for a modified B' / Cis' triller. This clarinet is called type 636 and is not more than a middle class instrument, not very expensive in those days, although it looks nice. The tone is somewhat uneven and the wood/keywork is no top quality.

The older Uebels (1950 - 1960) were famous and used professionally in Germany. You can buy now a set second hand (A/B flat) for 5000 - 10000 $ in Germany. Uebels from that period are played by Luigi Magistrelli on his new double CD with all clarinet pieces from the Archduke Rudolph, a pupil of Beethoven on Bayer Records. Recommended!
This E-Bay modell is from later: 1970-1975, made in the DDR period (East Germany), generally spoken not a very best period, not for the people and also not for clarinet making in that region.....

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