From: Peter Ponzol [pponzol@mindspring.com]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:30 AM
To: Vintage Saxophone Gallery
Subject: Re: Keilwerth Modell Peter Ponzol

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply.  Sure contact me anytime, I probably have quite a bit of information that you might find interesting.

Best regards,

Peter Ponzol


> [Original Message]
> From: Vintage Saxophone Gallery <saxpics@gmail.com>
> To: <pponzol@mindspring.com>
> Date: 9/19/2003 11:23:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Keilwerth Modell Peter Ponzol
>
> Thank you for the information.  I'd love to prepare a couple more
questions 
> for you to answer, if you're amenable, but I don't have time at the
moment.  
> May I send you another e-mail later, maybe in a couple days?
>
>
> >From: "Peter Ponzol" <pponzol@mindspring.com>
> >Reply-To: pponzol@mindspring.com
> >To: saxpics@gmail.com
> >Subject: Keilwerth Modell Peter Ponzol
> >Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:40:01 -0400
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >This is Peter Ponzol and I want to correct some information on your
> >Keilwerth web site. The Modell Peter Ponzol was made from 1986 until I
left 
> >the company in 1993,  not for three years as your site states. When I
> >joined Keilwerth as consultant and designer in 1985 (after having worked 
> >for Buffet for three years), I convinced Keilwerth to stop making
stencil 
> >instruments and to build a reputation for the Keilwerth name by 
> >making
only 
> >Keilwerth instruments. My model was the top of the line and was the 
> >last
to 
> >have real rolled tone holes. These instruments are much sought after 
> >in
> >Europe. My model had a different neck which was chosen by me to match
each 
> >saxophone, and I personally went in the factory every week to test 
> >every
> >Ponzol saxophone. It was on my model that the following were developed:  
> >adjustable palm keys, right hand F arm bridge with adjusting screw and
the 
> >G# lever which prevents sticking of the G# key. Also the few Keilwerh
> >copper horns made were all Ponzol models.
> >
> >By the way,  since Graslitz was in the Sudentland technically all
Keilwerth 
> >horns were made in Germany.  This area belonged to Germany until the 
> >end
of 
> >World War 2 when Keilwerth moved to Nauheim, W. Germany along with 
> >the
> >Winter and Schreiber families.
> >
> >Hope this clears up some of your information, please contact me if 
> >you
have 
> >any questions about my involvement in any of these companies.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >Peter Ponzol
>
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