Klarinet Archive - Posting 000660.txt from 1996/05

From: niethamer@-----.EDU
Subj: Re: Selmer Bb mthpcs. generally
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 22:59:22 -0400

On Tue, 28 May 1996, Fogle, Bill wrote:

> I have been fooling around with Selmer Bb mouthpieces: C85 (105) and some
> old HS* and HS** I picked up as junk. Also, something manufactured by "IDEAL,
> Paris France" bearing the HS* designation but looking nothing like the "real"
> Selmer HS*. I find the sound of the HS* unlike anything I've ever played.
> Are there complaints that these things play sharp? Has anyone studied/
> collected these things?

If, by "old HS*" you mean ones old enough to have the HS* engraved at the
bottom of the table of the mpc, the very few of these that I've
seen/played were far superior to what passes for an HS* today. Different
blank, for one, and a much less constricted sound than present day
versions. Sokmeone who knew how to reface such a mpc could conceivably
come up with a very fine mouthpiece.

David Niethamer