Klarinet Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 1995/05

From: Gary Bisaga <gary@-----.ORG>
Subj: How are mouthpieces made?
Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 10:31:40 -0400

The recent talk about mouthpieces leads to a dumb question in my mind:
how does one make a mouthpiece? Not that I intend to build them
myself, but looking at my own Gigliotti recently, I wondered how one
would make them other than pouring them into molds and milling them
out for specifics like the facing. (Of course, if they are
hand-carved out of blocks of plastic, that would explain the expense.)
For that matter, what is a hand-made (I'm assuming) mouthpiece made
of? Are mouthpieces ever made of anything except plastic or crystal?
Inquiring minds, etc etc etc.