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The Hüttl Company

Steve Weinert managed to find this quote somewhere on the Internet that would indicate that Hüttl became a part of Amati:

After the WWI, production quickly recovered. Between the two World Wars, there were 59 musical instrument manufacturers. Among the biggest of these firms were: Bohland&Fuchs, Hüller&Co., A.K.Hüttl, Julius Keilwerth, Karl Püchner, Adolf Rölz, Ant.Kohlert etc. However, during WWII, many plants ceased to exist, while others served military purposes.

In September 1945, a Cooperative of musical instrument manufacturers was established in Kraslice.

And because the production of both wind and stringed instruments was anticipated, the Cooperative was given the name "AMATI".

In 1948 the entire production had been nationalized. Kraslice gradually became a center of wind and percussion instrument manufacture. At present, the assortment of wind instruments produced in Kraslice is unusually wide and made up of practically all common instruments. In Kraslice, cases are also produced for instruments, cymbals, some types of percussions and the whole range of children's musical instruments (Orff instruments).

All instruments are manufactured from quality materials, with high level of hand craftsmanship combined with modern technology. AMATI Kraslice instruments are sought after for their excellent award-winning features, such as: beautiful, mellow sound quality, good intonation, functional reliability, perfect workmanship and very reasonable prices.

From the assortment point of view, the AMATI - Denak company is the largest musical instruments manufacturer in Europe, producing all common types of small, medium and large in both systems (Piston and Rotary Valve). The wide assortment of rotary valve instruments from the V.F. Cerveny company is unique worldwide. Production wise, the AMATI - Denak company is one of the three biggest musical instruments manufactures in Europe. The annual production volume contains approximately of some 10 000 small brass instruments, 4 000 medium and 2 500 large ones; 7 000 clarinets, 6 000 saxophones and many other instruments. Beside these groups, the company also produces Cymbals and some other Percussion and a full range of Orff Instruments.

Most recently, a sax-player friend of mine from my old stomping grounds in Fredericton, New Brunswick, informed me that the Hüttl company had actually set up operations in Canada a while back. Ironically their plant was in none other than Fredericton, but it lasted only a few years before disappearing.

If anyone has any further information about the Hüttl or Hammerschmidt Companies in general, I’d love to hear from you.

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