Klarinet Archive - Posting 000967.txt from 1998/01

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Value of used mpcs [was Re: Price of Selmer HS* bass mouthpiece]
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 20:05:36 -0500

Well, if you want to sell the Kasper to me for $25, I'll pay the shipping.

;)

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Mitch Bassman wrote:

> Responding to Jacqueline Eastman's question about a fair price for a used
> Selmer bass clarinet mouthpiece, Roger Garrett wrote:
>
> >The C* sells for $90-100 at the discount houses......a used (thrice used?)
> >HS* should sell for $40-80 I would think. Just my opinion tho....no
> >proof!
>
> I'm curious about the value of used "designer" mouthpieces. I have a
> Chedeville bass clarinet mouthpiece. It plays like a dream -- a really
> *good* dream -- the kind of dream from which we all hate to awaken -- you
> know what I mean -- I know you do. (Where was I? Oh, yes.) I cannot recall
> where or when I got it or how much I paid for it. (Hmm, I do sound somewhat
> like a politician in that last sentence, don't I?) It is in excellent
> condition. Can anyone hazard a guess as to its current value? -- if I were
> ever foolish enough to part with it..
>
> I have a clarinetist colleague who drools whenever he thinks of my bass
> mouthpiece.
>
> (Strangely, he doesn't drool as much over my [Cicero] Kaspar B-flat
> mouthpiece, which I do recall ordering directly from Frank Kaspar somewhere
> around 1967 for US$16.50. I still have the signed postcard that he mailed
> me when I wrote him a letter asking the price and the cancelled check with
> his signature on the back.)
>
> Mitch Bassman
> Burke, Virginia, USA
>
>