[Helen]

I just spent what seemed like the better part of a week working on and uploading a 14-page Weltklang folder that came from a man who used to own a music store in Oslo.

The folder contains photos and information about all the saxophones and brass winds made by Weltklang in 1980. The company did really make a wide variety of strange and interesting brass instruments that we rarely see outside of European brass bands.

I did decide to upload the folder in its entirety so that it might be useful to brass players as well, but for us here, these are the pages of the greatest interest:

Covers (inside) Contains a guide to the finish & model codes used throughout

Alto 231 & Tenor 241 - the model without a high F# key

Alto 232 & Tenor 242 - with a high F# key

Bari 252

Soprano 262

The folder's main navigation page can be found here.

I hope you folks find this info useful. If nothing else, it adds towards the body of knowledge of the brand.

 

[soybean]

This is valuable information to have and it was very generous of you to include the brasswind instruments. Thank you Helen!

 

[adamk]

Always nice to see promo material about an instrument I own (Weltklang bari).

 

[JayeLID]

Thanks Helen ! Now I know what to call those Weltklang models !!!! (I'd always just describe them as Weltklang Alto, Tenor, etc...unless they read "Solist")

 

[Helen]

This is valuable information to have and it was very generous of you to include the brasswind instruments. Thank you Helen!

It was quite a bit of work. I'm not on brass wind forums--obviously :bluewink: --so I hope that the SEO stuff I did will get it picked up by Google et al pretty quick, so our reed-less, brass friends will find it.

Always nice to see promo material about an instrument I own (Weltklang bari).

I was looking for one when I ended up with a Medusa bari back in 2004/5. I just couldn't find one to try before I bought it.

Thanks Helen ! Now I know what to call those Weltklang models !!!! (I'd always just describe them as Weltklang Alto, Tenor, etc...unless they read "Solist")

Yup, model #'s are everything. My hope is still to find a B&S "blue label" brochure/pamphlet/folder one day. Based on the continued research I am doing, I am pretty sure VEB had different models of those as well.