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RE: Kohlert & Sons C Clarinet

Author: Bart Hendrix
Date: 2003-01-24 22:01

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During World War II, the Germans attempted to move the Kohlert operation to Germany and met with less than spectacular success. There was a later attempt to reopen the operation in Graslitz, but many of the tools remained in Germany. After the war the Kohlert brand was manufactured in a number of places (including the United States) wherever the original craftsmen ended up. Unfortunately because of the loss of many tools, the splitting up of the team or whatever, the quality was rather spotty. My research has indicated that a pre-war Kohlert from Grasllitz is likely to be of considerably better quality than a post war Kohlert model.

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