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Re: Pruefer Question

Author: doonebug
Date: 2017-01-13 00:56

I'm a resurfacing clarinet player (57 yrs old), and I recently bought a G. Pruefer Wonder Wood Artist aka... "silver throat" serial number 6377 in beautiful condition (the keys aren't tarnished) for only $124.70 with leather pads and plays on arrival! (Yaaa...Lucky me!!) The serial puts the clarinet Circa 1932-33. It came with a U.S. Patent printout in which I would like to attach to this Bulletin Board. The Patent Number on my clarinet looks like #1801590 at first glance. But, the patent printout showed different. I, therefore, broke out the magnifiers to look at the instrument again. The "5" is actually a "6" but the strike of the embosser was light on the left side. And, if you break the bottom circle of the "6", it looks like a "5" -- actually more like the letter "S". The only way I can positively say it's a "6" is because the top of the number is curved instead of straight. So, it seems that the embosser did this on many of the clarinets as I've seen the wrong Patent Number in a few BB Posts.
The actual Patent Number is 1801690.
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Post Edited (2017-01-13 01:06)

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