Klarinet Archive - Posting 000080.txt from 1998/02

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Chedeville Bass mpc
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:29:26 -0500

You might contact Bill Brannen in Evanston, IL.....he told me he has a
full set of Kasper mouthpieces.....Bb, Bass, Alto/Basset.

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Sun, 1 Feb 1998, Mitch Bassman wrote:

> Simon Aldrich of Montreal wrote to the Klarinet list more than a week ago:
> >Mitch - It's curious. I know someone with a Kaspar bass mouthpiece
> >and he is as effusive in his love for that mouthpiece
> >as you are for your Chedeville bass mouthpiece. But one almost never
> >comes across bass mouthpieces by these two makers. They seem to have
> >been great bass mouthpiece makers but rarely made them.
> >Anyone know why?
>
> I was hoping someone who really knows (perhaps a mouthpiece maker) might
> respond, but so far there's been no comment. Could it something as simple
> as very few bass clarinetists ordered the mouthpieces, so very few were
> made? Does anybody out there really know?
>
> Mitch Bassman
>