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Author: frasermanx
Date: 2005-09-14 20:24
Just bought a wooden clarinet to replace my plastic Yamaha
Kohlert #32625x I have not been able to find out its age but I would guess made in the 50's or 60's .. the case is covered in Leather. It does sound better than the plastic although I am mainly a SAX beginner .. not really a player of Clarinet
How old? Anyone know anything about this one??
thanks
Frz
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2005-09-15 01:49
It depends on what is marked for country of manufacture, as the Kohlerts moved around a bit (or more precisely, in the earlier days their hometown bounced from being part of one country to another). Basically, if it says "Bohemia" it's maybe 1920s or earlier; "Czechoslovakia" if 1920-WW2; and "Germany" from 1948 to the company's demise in the very early 1970s. A few older ones (I don't know what era, though) were marked "Austria".
If it's one of the recent "Kohlerts" with no country of origin, such as a four-year old soprano sax I have, then it's Asian-made (reputedly in Vietnam), and has no relationship whatsoever with the venerable old Kohlert family-owned firm.
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Author: Shorthand
Date: 2005-09-15 02:16
AFAIK Kohlert went belly-up in 1965.
BTW: I purchased a Kohlert bass from David about 3 years ago - which was my introduction to the company.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2005-09-15 13:31
My first flute was the first Chinese one imported to NZ. Hmm. A nameless precursor to the Lark.
My second flute was a Kohlert which I imported from Germany, with enormous red tape attached, because my teacher said they were better than than the locally-available Grassi. I came across on again a few years ago. By today's standards in student flutes, both the tone and intonation were appalling. But I suppose that was before Yamaha had produced anything better.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2005-09-15 15:10
I have an older Kohlert (Winnenden, Germany) flute which works fine for me -- but unlike Gordon, my flute playing is barely above beginner level so I probably couldn't tell a good one from a mediocre one.
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