Mmm.... So let's say I had a Topamax moment... Between the Rx. knocking 10+ IQ points off of me, plus the heatwave--albeit nothing like you are experiencing--that is not good for neurology patients like me, I forgot about the F. Köhler horns' left pinkie clusters looking like those of Buescher.
That's it though Pete, kick a girl when she's down.
In the word's of the late, great Bea Arther on
Maude: God will get you for that.
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So now, in an effort to restore my honour,
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This is from Dr. Enrico Weller on the
museum-markneukirchen .de forum
Die Firma C. A. Wunderlich (gegr. 1854, aufgelöst 1966, Schutzmarke Ceâ) galt in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts als eines der bedeutendsten Großhandelsunternehmen für Musikinstrumente im Vogtland. Der Firmengründer Carl August Wunderlich I (1826-1911) war zwar gelernter Metallblasinstrumentenbauer, später wurden jedoch selbst keine Instrumente mehr hergestellt.
Was Wunderlich von anderen Musikinstrumentenhändlern unterscheidet, ist die Tatsache, dass er bestimmte Modelle seines Sortiments von namhaften Handwerkern der Region herstellen ließ, auch wenn deren Signatur dann trotzdem nicht erschienen ist.
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen
E. Weller
Helen translate says:
The company C.A. Wunderlich (founded in 1854, disolved 1966, trademark Cea) was one of the most important wholesalers for musical instruments in Vogtland during the first half of the 20th century. Despite being trained as a brass wind maker, he company's founder Carl August Wunderlich (1826-1911) later did not make anymore instruments himself.
What differentiates Wunderlich from other musical instruments wholesalers, is the fact he had certain models of his product range manufactured by prestigious craftsmen in the region, even though their signature did not appear on the instrument.
There is nothing in any of the German literature I have come across that says that Wunderlich made their own saxophones. That catalogue page you link to, I also have. It is from a 1938 C.A. Wunderlich catalogue, but nowhere on that page do I see a mention that they made these horns themselves. All it says is: "try my saxophone".
That being said, Uwe Ladwig did unearth something that he mentions in his book, as well as on the
markneukirchen museum forum:
die Handelsfirma C. A. Wunderlich wurde von Carl August Wunderlich I (1826-1911) gegründet, der gleichnamige Enkel war dort ab 1907 Prokurist, ab 1908 auch Gesellschafter. Die Firma wurde 1966 liquidiert. Für C. A. Wunderlich wurde am 15.02.1940 das DRGM 1483672 für ein „Saxophon mit offener Cis-Klappe“ eingetragen. ....
Helen translate again...
The trading company C.A. Wunderlich was found by Carl August Wunderlich (1826-1911). As of 1907, a nephew by the same name was the authorized representaive, and as of 1908, the major shareholder. The company was liquidated in 1966. On February 15, 1940,
DRGM 1483672 was listed for C.A. Wunderlich. The copyright was for a "saxophone with an open C# key".
However, nowhere in Uwe's book does he expand on this; show pictures or brochures of the the horn; or is there any indication that Wunderlich ever produced them (or for that matter had them produced).
I will add more to this later, but I gotta run now.