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Penzel-Muller?

Author: William
Date: 2005-11-28 22:20

I recently was given an "improved" L. Penzel-Muller and just got it back from our repair shop where it was put into "playing condition" by MJ. It has no serial number but is stamped with a capitol B just above the L. Penzel-Muller, New York logo. It is a good playing clarinet--clear, bright sound and even scale--but sounds a B when C is played. So I am trying to decide if this is a radically out of tune Bb clarinet--perhaps a high pitch model--or it is an old C clarinet playing rather flat. Although the clarinet came with it's original P-M (New York) mouthpiece, ligature and cap, I used my Chicago Kaspar #14 when play-testing it.

It may be of interest to some, my clarinet is exactly like the one on the left in this artical:
http://www.new-orleans-delight.dk/Sidste%20nyt/George%20Lewis%20Penzel-Myller.html

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