I'm not sure how old this Pruefer was or what model it is. It seems to me this is pre 50's instrument but maybe not pre WWII. The body sections are wood but the bell and barrel are ebonite, and they all bear the Pruefer name. My guess based is this was intended to be an intermediate instrument and after a repad it was a decent player. The key work was perhaps a but heavy, maybe not clunky but not finished very elegantly. It did have a nice sound! Someone made a very sloppy re-solder to a trill key which I left as is, it was functional. Pruefer made good stuff, I tend to like the older stuff a little better though.
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