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Re: Fritz Wurlitzer-Quality?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-12-30 06:44

The Fritz Wurlitzers were around 442-443Hz, each section (incl. barrels and bells) was marked 'A' and 'B'. Certain toneholes and vents had been opened/filled in to correct the tuning here and there, so probably done in order to make them easier to play down to 440Hz. The keywork mods were lengthening the LH cluster (E/B, F#/C#, LH Ab/Eb, LH Bb/F keys and also the C#/G# extension touch), though they were far too long for my fingers so I would have had to shorten them back to where they were originally.

A couple of years back I happened to get lucky buying a brand new Yamaha 657-24 Oehler (minus the low F and E vents - the 657 is fully loaded) off eBay for a fraction of the cost which is a great instrument.

This list of German/Oehler makers is the most comprehensive I've found:

http://www.cs.ru.nl/~bolke/DuitseKlar/oehlerlistOld.html

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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