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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2016-12-09 02:50
If you look at Oehler system sales in Japan, you might find them on the increase there! Several Japanese stores, I believe, routinely carry them, whereas in the U.S. there is scarcely even one retailer for Oehlers. Of course, Japan is anomalous in many ways. I've heard they sell a lot of the big multivolume Oxford English dictionary there too.
On the whole, though, you are probably right. The creature may well be on the endangered species list. I would think the German preference for expensive hand made clarinets and the relative lack of inexpensive, high- quality mass produced Oehler instruments might have something to do with it.
Then, there is the hybridization of the instrument even among the Germans themselves. Many Germans have dropped the traditional string ligature, turned to composite reeds, and begun to play on facings fairly or even quite open at the tip. So it is getting harder to tell what is really German anymore. Leister probably nudged the trend towards hybridization when he switched to French-cut Vandoren reeds some time ago. Wurlitzer seems to have added to that momentum when he changed the old Wurlizer bore to give his clarinets a more international sound.
Then there is the persistent influence of jazz and pop clarinetists, the majority of whom, after the early days of Albert system players, have performed almost exclusively on Boehm clarinets. Also, it is not unusual to hear from players who have made a valiant effort to master both Oehler and Boehm systems say that the Oehler is the more difficut to play, and the finger stretch is less comfortable than on the Boehm.
Finally, getting Oehlers set up properly and repaired can be a nightmare if you are surrounded by techs familiar only with the Boehm and lacking the necessary replacement parts and supplies.
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