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Old 03-18-2008, 08:05 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Musikmesse 2008

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Originally Posted by rowuk View Post
Nick,
I haven't seen Lechner for AGES (my eyesight is getting worse though.....). I thought that Schagerl had just about buried them. I see a long list of references on their website, but don't see many horns being played anymore.

That's quite sad...They used to do very nice horns (my opinion). My teacher at Fribourg Conservatory has a rotary piccolo with upright action made by Lechner and it is a very refined horn...I hope that you are wrong though...

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