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Nothing like a follow-up question on a 10-year-old thread! Did you ever learn any more from the deeper research? Just found one on a site and aside from this thread, have found nothing about Deepwood USA clarinets.

As well as the myeloma I have a blocked ear. Totally deaf in my left ear;the Eustachian tubes are blocked. I've seen my GP and Doctor but nothing they give me works. I'm told I just have to keep massaging the area and use the menthal inhalers and gum
But then I read online that one way is to blow up balloons (you can actually buy such a device to blow for clearing of the pistachio tubes), and while I don't have any balloons I do have a clarinet. So I had a 10 minutes, I mean 30 minutes session of random tuneful blowing (I hope!) and when I came downstairs, now quite hot, I had to urgently blow my nose. So that seems to be working. I will keep up with that.
Fingers and earlobes crossed!

I see what you mean.  Its pretty impressive, given the time in which it was done.  It is tidy and well planned.  In addition to that bullet fuse shown, There is another one missing and judging by the contacts, it is a whopper.  I have yet to find its rated size on a schematic.

A lot of nice interesting details, Windsong, like the woven checkerboard cloth covered rubber insulation wires, the technology of the day. I see the factory wiring layout. Reminds me of when a ham radio operator does his wiring, a bit neater whereas this wiring was done to cost, quick assembly. The wires are all laid out plumb following case contour lines, enough to make a master electrician happy.

Then they used waxed woven cord instead of plastic zip ties. There was a technique to loop and extend it to make wiring harnesses, think it was described in the ARRL Handbook.

My rough estimate is that it's from 1932. There isn't much information on Kohlert, but with the handful of data points I have, that's what I can extrapolate yours to.

There is or was a serial number chart for these compiled many years ago, but it's highly erroneous.

Here are some more snaps of "the old breadbox":

That's cool!  I mean--shocks aren't cool, and it probably has an open circuit or an exposed wire somewhere that should be traced, but these "worthless" old radios are showing they have some merit still, and are often a fun challenge to troubleshoot.
If we ever thought they were throw-away items starting in the 1970s, when solid state technology had pretty much taken over exclusively, outside of military technology, where tubes are still in use, we know better today, where a phone and a bluetooth speaker are as close to a "radio" as some people will ever come, and a 19 dollar department store radio with an unknown name won't last the year.

I have a V.Kohlert and Sons clarinet that was my deceased father's.   I've tried to find the year of manufacture of this instrument (see pictures in link below), but it has proved difficult for me to readily find an authoritative answer via some basic internet searches.   The Maker's mark says it was manufactured in Graslitz Bohemia.  Can anyone provide guidance to me on this?   
Many thanks!

Here is the link:
Folder with Clarinet images

For the longest time, I told myself "Don't get involved with vacuum tube junk."

But, one of those pandemic-era beer-fueled eBay purchases...
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Johnson Messenger I, probably from 1965 given the date codes on components. Hooked up to my base station antenna it did receive, but I think the microphone cord is shot since it wouldn't key up. Gave me a slight shock at one point and it looks like there might be something missing inside, but I have too many other things going on to poke around in it. It does have its full complement of crystals for five channels though - 1, 9, 10, 14, and 19.

I understand exactly what you mean, and this Henry Gunckel, from the nearest end of the rod to the far end of the spring hook is exactly 17mm, so that is almost perfect, since you will have to shave the rod slightly, anyway.

Your needle spring is probably just fine as is, but you could shorten it slightly, as needed.