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Re: Three Oehlers: which one to overhaul?

Author: MichaelW
Date: 2019-07-21 22:55
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Objection: From my (German) view Oehler/ German system is not at all „dying“! Over here it is still in the majority.

Your F.A.Ue.'s are, as you mentioned, from his time as an Arthur Oehler collaborator and top quality manufacturer and would be, at least from a collector's point of view, more interesting than Michl. But: The 9035/36 seems to be a bit dubious with its shorter lower joint (obviously a replacement; might it be that somebody replaced the original to try to achieve high pitch tuning?), and the 10610 has its cracks- which, if professionally repaired, wouldn't impair playing quality.

All three of your instruments wouldn't be called „Oehler“ but „German system“. For the difference you might find information here per search function.

I myself own (besides two FAUe Oehlers) a five- ring FAUe #15002 German system from 1955, silver plated, a very fine instrument (foto). In case you could read a little German: we had a discussion about these instruments in the Markneukirchen forum: http://www.museum-markneukirchen.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1139&p=10570#p10570

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