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Klingson Hammerdchmidt

Author: BigChief44
Date: 2026-09-13 04:48

Anyone know anything about these oehler clarinets?

I've been looking to buy a budget oehler that I can service myself. Even willing to buy brand new if I end up flying to germany and try one out. I sold my uebel 632 and 682 years ago and regretted it dearly so I'm looking to get back into playing oehler system.

Does anyone have any recommendations for what to look out for on eBay or anything? Any brands/models that you guys think are good would be appreciated!

Note I play classical and jazz music and I live in Canada.

Here's the listing I was interested in on reverb which made me ask about this.

https://reverb.com/ca/item/85752302-a-cs-klingson-hammerdchmidt-sohne-burgau-schwaben-bb-oehler-sistem

Thanks for the help!

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Re: Klingson Hammerdchmidt

Author: Chris P
Date: 2026-09-13 16:47

It should be alright and not a bad price for an Oehler system. Obviously the low E and F may be on the normally flat side as it doesn't have the bell or low F vents, but that's something most Boehm systems are like anyway.

I had a cocobolo Hammerschmidt "Klingson" Boehm system with LH forked Eb/Bb and LH Ab/Eb lever around 20 years ago which was a decent player, except the C#/G# was a bit on the sharp side which a tonehole insert/bush (as you'd have on German/Oehlers) would have probably sorted out.

There's also Clemens Wurlitzer, older Fritz Wurlitzer, the older F.A.Uebels (as you've had), G.R.Uebel, Adler and Yamaha. I've got an old Richard Keilwerth Oehler system, but it's built to around 444Hz, so be cautious about the pitch - the Yamaha YCL-657-24 Oehler system I have is also built to around 442+Hz.

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