Fritz Wurlitzer in his workshop in the 1970sFritz Wurlitzer Double Bass Clarinet
Fritz Ulrich Wurlitzer (21 December 1888 – 5 or 9 April 1984) was a German clarinet maker, based in Erlbach in Vogtland, Saxony. He developed the Reform Boehm clarinet and made improvements to the Schmidt-Kolbe clarinet[1] and the German bass clarinet.[2]
^Enrico Weller, Die Wurlitzers, 175 Jahre Holzinstrumentenbau in der vogtländischen Familie, Teil 3: Der Erlbacher Familienzweig (The Wurlitzers, 175 years of wooden instrument making in the Vogtland family, Part 3: The Erlbach branch of the family), magazine "Rohrblatt, Magazin für Oboe, Klarinette, Fagott und Saxophon" 1995, pp. 107 to 114. On pages 108 and 110, the doctor of musicology writes about the importance of Fritz Wurlitzer: 1. "Parallel to his father's workshop, Fritz Wurlitzer was able to develop into one of the most important clarinet makers not only in the Vogtland region as early as the 193Os." 2. "Three moments in Fritz Wurlitzer's work assign him an outstanding place in the history of clarinet making – the Schmidt-Kolbe clarinet, the Reform Boehm clarinet and the German bass clarinet."