Klarinet Archive - Posting 000836.txt from 1997/02

From: Martin Marks <mmarks@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: glass mouthpieces
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:34:19 -0500

At 10:34 PM 2/24/97 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 02-23-97 INTERNET: fredj@-----.J wrote to ** ALL **:
> If> O'Brien also makes a highly-recommended crystal mouthpiece. Again,
> If> I believe the material makes the difference because Vandoren's glass
> If> mpc. seems to be rather unpopular and so does Leblanc's Pete Fountain
> If> model.
>
>For the record, O'Brien mouthpieces are glass, not crystal. George Silfies
>and Jon Manassee are among the American clarinetists who play on O'Briens.
> -> Alice4Mac 2.5d3 E QWK Eval:04Feb96
>Origin: Alice strikes back =
>
>
The Vandoren mouthpiece is not glass. It is the same blank as the Pomarico
and Mitchell
Lurie which are crystal. I believe O'brien is the only glass mouthpiece. I
have a Vandoren in my
collection. It is a Pomarico mouthpiece. What makes it unpopular are the
strange facings.
Same for the Pete Fountain. Enough with the glass mouthpieces already!
Marty Marks