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Author: Rob
Date: 2002-08-15 11:59
I HAVE A SUPER CLASSIC AMATI-KCAGLICE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN SAXOPHONE and absolutely no idea of that is terribly good or not (though an instrument is an instrument even when its old and worn!) so please CAN ANYONE OUT THERE HELP THIS POOR SOUL with a bit of information on this brand...thankyou
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-08-15 12:06
Searching for Amati on the BBoard will bring back a wealth of knowledge and opinion on this brand.
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2002-08-15 14:12
Also check out Graham Golden's new website --- he's an Amati dealer in the U.S., and can provide historical background:
http://www.grahams-music.com/
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2002-08-15 17:21
As this BB is dedicated to Clarinet discussions, your search will turn up more than you want to know about Amati Kraslice Clarinets, but not too much about their saxophones. I suggest you also try Sax on the Web, http://www.saxontheweb.net/
Regards,
John
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2002-08-15 23:17
Amati Kraslice. I have worked on them periodically but cannot recall details, partly because of memory, and partly because they are just one of over 70 makes I've worked on.]
I don't think any spectacular instruments have come from Czech.
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2002-08-16 04:54
Bill Clinton owns one. A tenor. 'Twas given to him by Vaclav Havel, Czech President. I wonder if Bill reported it on his tax return. :þ
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Author: Vytas
Date: 2002-08-16 15:09
Gordon,
Earlier (LP) Kohlerts out of Czechoslovakia are very good/spectacular.....V
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2002-08-16 16:57
(tangent).....but in my experience the best Kohlerts are out of Winnenden, Germany (ca. 1950s). As for Amatis, from what I've read their clarinets were generally only fair-to-poor until very recently (the new ones are, of course, from the Czech Republic as opposed to the older ones from the former Czechoslovakia). From what I've gleaned from the aforementioned Sax-On-The-Web site, the Amati-Kraslice saxes are generally nothing special.
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