Klarinet Archive - Posting 000073.txt from 1995/05

From: Lorne G Buick - Music TA <lgbuick@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: Mouthpiece repair/refacing
Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 13:58:09 -0400

On Mon, 1 May 1995, William Turnidge wrote:

> I am writing a research paper on the maintenance/repair and refacing of
> clarinet/sax mouthpieces. In my research so far, it apperars that it might
> be more cost affective to buy a new mouthpiece than to pay an expert to
> reface it. The same for repairing.

Well, some very good refacers don't actually charge that much. As Clark
Fobes pointed out, if it's a particularly valuable mouthpiece it's usually
worth it. But one wouldn't pay $90 to get a B45 refaced...

What actually can be done to a broken
> mouthpiece to restore it to its original playing condition?

I don't know how "broken" you mean... I've had mouthpieces that warped
(the rails curved) and had them refaced, but I don't think gluing bits
back together is really feasible... (bass clarinet epoxy/ tape jobs
notwithstanding)