Klarinet Archive - Posting 000845.txt from 1997/02

From: Steve Prescott <mipresc@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: glass mouthpieces/Sears
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:27:48 -0500

>Does anybody really know what they mean when they say that
>a mouthpiece is crystal rather than glass? I doubt it.
>What's the difference?
>
> --Doug
>
Doug,

A glass mouthpiece is hardend glass; it has a greenish hue like a
coke bottle (it also has air bubbles). True crystal has a slightly pinkish
hue when held against something white.

Steve

Steve Prescott
Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist
Indiana State University
mipresc@-----.edu