Hi, everyone! I'm struggling to figure out what type/year this Kohlert alto is that I just finished refurbishing. I bought it about 15 years ago and started the rehab project around that same time, which I just picked up again this year and finished earlier this month! It's a neat horn and I haven't seen any like it, but maybe someone on this thread has, so I'd really like so get some expert insight about it.
It's marked "V. Kohlert's Sohne Graslitz i.B." on the medallion on the bell. There's NO SERIAL # that I can find anywhere. It's a split key bell with extra keys near the lower stack for trilling low C#, B and Bb. I don't believe it's a horn that was ever lacquered - originally bare brass. It did no include the octave rocker key (above the upper stack, but the octave change works fine nonetheless.
I've included a gallery of photos that you can take a look at to see it for yourself. It was a very challenging horn to work on for sure - it plays now, but not as great as I'd like. I could probably be able to get it "there" with a couple hours of effort, but I'm more interested in passing it along to a new home that appreciates these instruments since I'm no longer really playing and I'm considering moving my family out of state.
Please let me know what you know about this instrument and if there's others you've seen out there on the "inter-webs". Thanks
PHOTO GALLERY:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2-XXmN7scbzS0RCU3RqeWU0R0E&usp=sharing
PHOTO OF MEDALLION ON BELL:
It's marked "V. Kohlert's Sohne Graslitz i.B." on the medallion on the bell. There's NO SERIAL # that I can find anywhere. It's a split key bell with extra keys near the lower stack for trilling low C#, B and Bb. I don't believe it's a horn that was ever lacquered - originally bare brass. It did no include the octave rocker key (above the upper stack, but the octave change works fine nonetheless.
I've included a gallery of photos that you can take a look at to see it for yourself. It was a very challenging horn to work on for sure - it plays now, but not as great as I'd like. I could probably be able to get it "there" with a couple hours of effort, but I'm more interested in passing it along to a new home that appreciates these instruments since I'm no longer really playing and I'm considering moving my family out of state.
Please let me know what you know about this instrument and if there's others you've seen out there on the "inter-webs". Thanks
PHOTO GALLERY:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2-XXmN7scbzS0RCU3RqeWU0R0E&usp=sharing
PHOTO OF MEDALLION ON BELL: