Westerwald Kaiserbariton

finnbogi · Post by **finnbogi** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:50 am

Has anyone tried the instruments from WesterwÃ¤lder MusikinstrumentenwerkstÃ¤tten (http://waldhoerner.de)?
I have been looking for a Kaiserbariton to use in my polkaband and this one is on sale for 600â‚¬.

finnbogi · Post by **finnbogi** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:09 am

Anyone?

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:11 am

China is fragile.

Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre

finnbogi · Post by **finnbogi** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:51 am

imperialbari wrote:China is fragile.

Are these horns Chinese? I thought the were produced in Germany.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:37 am

finnbogi wrote:
imperialbari wrote:China is fragile.
Are these horns Chinese? I thought the were produced in Germany.

I don't know anything about this particular company or brand but I think Klaus is probably correct about being of Asian origin. The old adage... if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

In THAT price range, you might be better off looking for a used horn... possibly on German eBay.

jacobg · Post by **jacobg** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:48 am

I would look for a used Cerveny (or an older Amati - they stopped making rotaries in the 80s I think). Those should run in that price range. Nearly all German, Austrian, Czech, and Swiss brass firms made these at one time or another, and you would be more happy with a Cervey, Amati, Lignatone, Lidl, or even happier with a Miraphone, Hirsbrunner, Meinl Weston, etc than with a new Chinese made one.
I recently got a used Lignatone (aka Cerveny) tenorhorn which sounds much better than some of the Chinese horns I've tried.