Amati Serial numbers were never kept when Graslitz was part of Czechoslovakia. We purchased a prograde wood clarinet from them in the past. The serial number.

Kohlert Serial Number Chart The only serial numbers that anyone can realistically match up with dates are: • Models named after years (e.g. Modell 1928, 57) • Winnenden horns • Horns from 1948, 1949, 1956 and 1966 (and possibly 1901, 1949 and 1977, if you're lucky). All other data is highly suspect: there are no existing Kohlert serial number charts. Keeping this in mind, I'd say this chart is accurate by no more than +- 5 years, except for the years I just indicated. Serial Number Year Manufactured Model Introduced: 'Early'.

Care to show a picture of the logo on the bell? Does it have the modern Amati 'ak' logo, does it have an upward 'Amati' handwriting logo, does it have the horizontal italic 'Amati' on it?

Silver or nickel? I have a number of Amatis. Kodi na gta san andreas chtobi otkritj vse goroda.

They (the factory, not my clarinets) went through quite a lot highs and lows. Some Westerners might frown at the mere thought of a 'Commie Horn', but I found their quality and workmanship no worse than many American intermediate clarinets. Amati is manufacturing instruments for a lot of other companies who sell it under their own name. Links: The one in my collection that might resemble yours most has #408161. It's a near-full-boehm instrument (19 keys 7 rings) and has the 'italic' logo on the bell.

(it doesn't say 'Luxus' anywhere, so.). It has metal sleeves on the upper joint tenons as well as on the bell side tenon on the lower joint. By today's naming conventions it'd be an ACL-314 or a 614; googling around showed that the old 'Luxus' series compares to their today's 6xx (professional) series, but I think it's somewhere in between the intermediate and pro. FWIW mine sounds great, the intonation is impeccable. You might want to try different mouthpieces, it accounts for a lot of the sound and the ease of playing.

Properly set-up, Amatis are fine instruments.