If that is the horn, then to my eyes it reads 'Teplitz' rather than 'Graslitz'. Modern day Teplice and Kraslice, I believe.
Kit > There were family links between populations of Markneukirchen and > Graslitz. All were Bohemian rooted, but the protestants among them had > been thrown out by a catholic king. They went to Saxony, where the > protestant Markgraf gave them a new church for their village, hence > Markneukirchen. > The denomination could often be read from the spelling of the family > name. Meinl and Klier were catholic. Meinel and Glier were protestant. > The Meindl spelling is new to me. > As for the horn itself, it is not in Bb. It is a single F horn missing > its initial crook. A horn mouthpiece will not fit the receiver. The > function of the link will be distorted, when it contains " or other > funny signs. The horn may be seen here (I hadnât seen the d by then): > <http://tinyurl.com/a-meinl-horn> > Klaus > --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Hans Pizka <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Antique horn restoration] > To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 8:44 AM > > Hello Carl, > is that horn by A.Meindl from Graslitz ? If so, you should not say > Czechoslovakia (you mispelled it as Czechoslavkia instead of correct > Czechoslovakia from Czech & Slovakia) for some reason: > 1. Czechoslovakia did not exist then, as it was The Kingdom of > Bohemia, ruled in personal-union by the Habsburg, Emperor of the > Austrian-Hungarian imperium. > 2. Czechoslovakia does not exist any more as it split up into Czech > Republik & Slovakia several years ago. > 3. Graslkitz (Kraslice) was inhabitated by the same folks as > Klingenthal & Markneukirchen on the other side of the border (but no > border more) since centuries & was over 80% German. > Double extension on the third slide: Uhlmann in Vienna did such; I > know a Raoux-Millereau & other horns having such. > By the way, the link does not work from my iMAC. > Regards Hans > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++++++++++++++ > Am 01.10.2009 um 06:40 schrieb [1][email protected]: > > > > I have just completed the restoration of a horn made in the > > 1880's > > by A. Meindl in Czechoslavkia. It is a B-flat horn and plays very > well > > and easily in the upper octave, not so well lower down. The 3rd > > valve is > > 2 steps. I haven't seen this before in a horn, but I did have a > > helicon > > that was the same. > > > > I'm still looking for a button for the first valve, any ideas? You > can > > see a picture of it before my restoration on Horn-u-copia: > > > > > [2]http://www.horn-u-copia.net/display.php?selby=+where+maker%3D"Meindl > " > > > > Carl Bangs > > Fenwick Parva Press > > [3]http://www.fenwickparva.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > post: [4][email protected] > > unsubscribe or set options at > [5]https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me > .com > _______________________________________________ > post: [6][email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > [7]https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yorkmasterb > bb%40yahoo.com > > References > > 1. file://localhost/mc/[email protected] > 2. http://www.horn-u-copia.net/display.php?selby=+where+maker%3D > 3. http://www.fenwickparva.com/ > 4. file://localhost/mc/[email protected] > 5. > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com > 6. file://localhost/mc/[email protected] > 7. > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yorkmasterbbb%40yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/c.j.l.wolf%40newcastle.ac.uk -- Sometimes my Email program gives the wrong return address. If you have any trouble replying to me, use '[email protected]' and not 'n802...' Sorry for any confusion _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
