Klarinet Archive - Posting 001262.txt from 1997/10

From: "Kilgore Trout" <satanspilgrims@-----.com>
Subj: Re: gigliotti mouthpieces
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 16:02:00 -0500

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>From: Karl Krelove <kkrelove@-----.com>
>Subject: Re: gigliotti mouthpieces
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>At 03:15 PM 10/25/97 PDT, you wrote:
>>is anyone aware of the inside labeling of the gigliotti mouthpieces??
i
>>think some of them are labled 1, 2, 3, and 4 while others aren't
labled
>>at all. i think a particular number is supposed to be the best but am
>>not sure which one it is.
>>
>I've never seen a "1" although I suppose it's possible. The number in
>general identifies the relative tip opening. The 2 is around 1.02 mm
and
>the openings increase from there as the model number increases. The "P"
>facing is Gigliotti's "personal" facing - it actually is the one he
uses,
>and the tip is closer to 1 mm and also longer from where the curve
begins
>to the tip (about 37-38 on a Brand gauge, which is about 19 mm with the
>.0015" feeler in the Brand kit). The "P34" is supposed to be the same
tip
>opening, but with a shorter curve, 34 (17 mm) on the Brand gauge with
the
>same feeler. So far as I know, the numbered facings are all around 17
mm
>lengths, but I haven't measured one in a long time.This may be much
more
>than you wanted to know, but there it is!
>
>Karl
>

i'm not referring to the number of the facing. i'm talking about an
actual number on the inside of the mouthpiece, from what i have heard
they are extremely faint and hard to see. i think they might have to do
somewhat with the when and what material they were made with.

kt

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