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 What exactly is/was amati's "special" clarinet line?
Author: clarinetplayer21 
Date:   2015-07-08 10:09

What made that line "special"? How does it compare to there 6xx "professional" line? I'm asking because i seem to have came across a 615 amati and a "special" amati. I am thinking about buying one. They are both brand new and to make it even better...they are both "full boehm" clarinets :-).
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 Re: What exactly is/was amati's "special" clarinet line?
Author: tictactux ★2017
Date:   2015-07-08 11:39

The "specials" were precursors of the 6xx line made in the communist era. Today, one would place them a notch below the 6xx line, but they generally have fine wood and quite good acoustical qualities. Think of them as Noblet Artists vs common Noblets. Solid players, built like tanks.

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Ben
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 Re: What exactly is/was amati's "special" clarinet line?
Author: Tony F 
Date:   2015-07-08 17:20

I have a full-Boehm Amati Special. It's built like a Mack truck and plays and tunes well.

Tony F.
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 Re: What exactly is/was amati's "special" clarinet line?
Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date:   2015-07-09 01:22

I overhauled a customer's postwar (I'm thinking 1960s?) Amati Special full-Boehm clarinet several years ago, at the same time I still owned a prewar Kohlert full-Boehm, and I was struck by the similarity of the keywork between the two instruments. Probably should not have been surprised, as the state-run Amati conglomerate confiscated the former Kohlert factory in Kraslice/Graslitz right after WWII, and (so I've read) continued to use the old Kohlert tooling for quite a few years thereafter.
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