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Re: Kohlert and Sons Oboe

Author: razafu
Date: 2008-07-28 21:17

Hello, thanks for your comments!

I'm not sure what (if any) value might be in the bell (the bell has a very very slight crack in the outlying area of the wood at the bottom of the bell) but the lower joint (and upper joint, too) are in very good shape.

We still don't know the exact pitch of the instrument, whether 440 or otherwise.

There is still some debate about when the horn was made.

*I* think it hails from the late 50s or early 60s, just based on the serial number and comments from a horn seller from the 60s who used to handle Kohlert horns in the 60s.

But the key system (system 3) and the imprint makes me want to think that it might be a pre-WWII horn.

I'm dreaming, of course, I think it is a 50s or 60s model.

Funny story, one chap who compared it to a modern horn said, "There *are* some keys missing, you know."

To which I replied, "No, the keys are all there...just not the modern keys."

I think it might be tough to play....but what a sound it will make.

It should have a dark and luxurious tone.

Thanks again for the forums!

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