pustopone clarinet

[super20dan]

i have read every post on this board over the past few days and havny seen this brand mentioned. its a german company with roots to basson making but made fantastic clarinets. i am lucky enough to own one and can attest its near the top as the finest i ever played. no need for a pic as it looks like every non discript wood clarinet ever made . no frills or unique keys etc. its simply amazing to play. aas good as any r13 i have played and better than the one i own very little info on the net but there is a wiki https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Püstophon. i would mine on a clearance table at a pawn shop for 10$

[LarryS]

The link needs an edit, it goes to the letter P. I think you need to remove the umlaut from the u

[super20dan]

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Püstophon

[super20dan]

i do nt know why this link dosnt work. it works from where i copied it from  https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BCstophon    ok it works now

[LarryS]

i do nt know why this link dosnt work. it works from where i copied it from  https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BCstophon    ok it works now

That's got it!

[DaveLeBlanc]

Over the past 10 years I've seen just about every brand out there, and I've never heard of this one. It's very likely that it was a stencil of a German or French manufacturer, such as Thibouville.

Even in American, there are literally countless stencils for various shops or pop-up brands that are largely the same product.

$10 for a clarinet is still pretty good no matter what.

[super20dan]

its not a stencil -there is a wiki about this obscure company i left a link. i have had this wonderfull clarinet for close to 30 years but never did anything with it . finally a few years ago some info popped up on the wwodwind .org board . others raved about theirs so i sent mine off for repad. wow was my responce when it returned

[kehammel]

Hello super20dan. Does it play easily at A440? I'm asking because German concert pitch was A444 or sometimes as high as A446 in the mid-twentieth century, which is when Püstophon clarinets were made.

You are correct that it was a brand in its own right. I believe it was made in the factory of Hans Kreul. It was the product of a collaboration between two makers, Püchner (a name more associated with bassoons) and Stowasser. Thus the name: pü + sto + phon. Even Germans find the name somewhat amusing, since "pusten" (without the umlaut) means "to blow" in German.

[super20dan]

yes it plays at a440 and you info on the background is correct