Leitner & Kraus

Leitner & Kraus GmbH
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Deutschland) GmbH (like Ltd.)
IndustryClarinet makers
Founded1993
Headquarters
Key people
Josef Leitner and Wolfgang Kraus
Number of employees
15 (2019)
Websitehttps://www.leitner-kraus.de/

Leitner & Kraus is a German clarinet manufacturer based in Neustadt an der Aisch, Bavaria.[1]

Overview

The company was founded in 1993 by Josef Leitner and Wolfgang Kraus. In 2001 the company expanded its production and moved to new facilities. As of 2019, Leitner & Kraus employs 15 people.[2]

Products

A clarinet
Typical Boehm clarinet with 17 keys and 6 Rings
Reform Boehm clarinet with 20 keys and 7 rings

Clarinets of different moods are produced with the German and the French fingering system as well as those with the Reform Boehm system.[3] With German system (Oehler) 10 models in Bb and A,[4] of which one is a Viennese model with further bore,[5] three models in C, and four in D and high-Es are offered. The lower section is covered by three basset horns in F[2] and three long bass clarinets ranging to low-C. With the French system (Boehm) the company manufactures four models in Bb and A, with the reform Boehm system six models in Bb and A, a Bassett clarinet in Bb and A and three models in C, D and Es, as well as a basset horn in F.[2] The instruments are made to order, using grenadilla wood, on special request also from boxwood or cocobolo.

For the German models the company developed a new patented A-Bb-Enhancement.[6] For the Bb-Clarinet with German System, Model 250, the company received the 2016 German Musical Instrument Award.[7]

While some clarinet makers dispense with the production of mouthpieces, Leitner & Kraus devotes special attention to this important part[8] and offers a configurator for the right choice of mouthpiece on its website. There are mouthpieces for German and French clarinets, with different track lengths and web openings, made of “Zelltec”, a composite material, and of "cast wood" (linea verde), a material developed by the company.[2]

The instruments of Leitner & Kraus are mainly sold in Germany. 20 to 25% of the production is spread over several European countries, the US and China.[2]

References

  1. ^ Musical Life in Germany, 2019, p. 236
  2. ^ a b c d e Website
  3. ^ Eric Hoeprich, The Clarinet, Yale University Press, 2008, p. 211, 212
  4. ^ Rebecca Trescher, Clarino (Online-magazine), 17.Mai 2017, Clarinets by Leitner & Kraus
  5. ^ The other models in Bb and A are also made on request with the Vienna bore.
  6. ^ Publication and description
  7. ^ Wolfgang Schicker: Award for Middle Franconian Workshop, 8. April 2016
  8. ^ Blasmusik (Online-magazine), 20. Juni 2009, New mouthpieces by Leitner and Kraus

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