Klarinet Archive - Posting 000811.txt from 1999/05

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] (Dan?) Johnson and Charles Bradley Mouthpieces
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 15:09:37 -0400

Jack Kissinger wrote:

> I have recently come across a couple of mouthpieces whose makers are
> unfamiliar to me. If anyone out there has any information on the maker's
> background, manufacturing philosophy, general pricing policy, etc., I would
> be most grateful. The two makers are (Dan?) Johnson (I found a message in
> Sneezy that mentioned a Dan Johnson mouthpiece, made in Buffalo) and Charles
> Bradley (nothing on him in Sneezy that I could find). The identification on
> the Johnson mouthpiece is simply "Johnson" lightly hand scratched at the
> bottom of the mouthpiece to the right of the table and H24 (with the 2 as a
> small superscript between the H and the 4) lightly hand scratched at the
> bottom of the mouthpiece to the left of the table. The only identification
> on the Bradley is "Charles Bradley" stamped (?) in very neat small script on
> the back of the mouthpiece -- quite elegant looking, actually.

Oops! I don't know which is going faster, my mind or my eyes. The first of the
two mouthpieces I mentioned is a JohnsTon, not a Johnson and there are quite a
few relevant posts about that maker (actually those makers) in the archives.
The biggest question I have about that mouthpiece now is whether anyone knows
how to distinguish a mouthpiece made by Dan Johnston from one made by Glenn
Johnston. I suspect the one I have is by Dan J. It has very wide side and tip
rails which seem to be characteristic of his work, also an H (for Hasty?)
facing. (Thanks, Kevin Fay for all your previous info, BTW.)

I would still like to know about the Bradley, though.

Best regards,
Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

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