If that is  the horn, then to my eyes it reads 'Teplitz' rather than
'Graslitz'. Modern day Teplice and Kraslice, I believe.

Kit


>     There were family links between populations of Markneukirchen and
>     Graslitz. All were Bohemian rooted, but the protestants among them had
>     been thrown out by a catholic king. They went to Saxony, where the
>     protestant Markgraf gave them a new church for their village, hence
>     Markneukirchen.
>     The denomination could often be read from the spelling of the family
>     name. Meinl and Klier were catholic. Meinel and Glier were protestant.
>     The Meindl spelling is new to me.
>     As for the horn itself, it is not in Bb. It is a single F horn missing
>     its initial crook. A horn mouthpiece will not fit the receiver. The
>     function of the link will be distorted, when it contains " or other
>     funny signs. The horn may be seen here (I hadnât seen the d by then):
>     <http://tinyurl.com/a-meinl-horn>
>     Klaus
>     --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Hans Pizka <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>       From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]>
>       Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Antique horn restoration]
>       To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]>
>       Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 8:44 AM
>
>     Hello Carl,
>     is that horn by A.Meindl from Graslitz ? If so, you should not say
>     Czechoslovakia (you mispelled it as Czechoslavkia instead of correct
>     Czechoslovakia from Czech & Slovakia) for some reason:
>     1. Czechoslovakia did not exist then, as it was The Kingdom of
>     Bohemia, ruled in personal-union by the Habsburg, Emperor of the
>     Austrian-Hungarian imperium.
>     2. Czechoslovakia does not exist any more as it split up into Czech
>     Republik & Slovakia several years ago.
>     3. Graslkitz (Kraslice) was inhabitated by the same folks as
>     Klingenthal & Markneukirchen on the other side of the border (but no
>     border more) since centuries & was over 80% German.
>     Double extension on the third slide: Uhlmann in Vienna did such; I
>     know a Raoux-Millereau & other horns having such.
>     By the way, the link does not work from my iMAC.
>     Regards   Hans
>     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>     ++++++++++++++
>     Am 01.10.2009 um 06:40 schrieb [1][email protected]:
>     >
>     >      I have just completed the restoration of a horn made in the
>     > 1880's
>     > by A. Meindl in Czechoslavkia. It is a B-flat horn and plays very
>     well
>     > and easily in the upper octave, not so well lower down. The 3rd
>     > valve is
>     > 2 steps. I haven't seen this before in a horn, but I did have a
>     > helicon
>     > that was the same.
>     >
>     > I'm still looking for a button for the first valve, any ideas? You
>     can
>     > see a picture of it before my restoration on Horn-u-copia:
>     >
>     >
>     [2]http://www.horn-u-copia.net/display.php?selby=+where+maker%3D"Meindl
>     "
>     >
>     > Carl Bangs
>     > Fenwick Parva Press
>     > [3]http://www.fenwickparva.com
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
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