Klarinet Archive - Posting 000566.txt from 2000/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Brilhart MP
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 19:23:43 -0400

At 10:38 AM 5/9/2000 EDT, GrabnerWG@-----.com wrote:
>These were a serious attempt at a quality mouthpiece for the student level
>market. Made by Selmer, they were plastic, but seemed to have some good
>workmanship behind them. I ran across one of them several years ago and had
>some fun refacing and voicing it.
>
>The tenor sax mouthpiece, as I remember it, was quite good. Again, at the
>student level.
>
>I don't believe they are made any more, but I could be wrong.
>
The Brilhart mouthpieces with the white inlays are very much available
today, through Selmer. They are named for or possibly designed by Arnold
Brilhart, who was a top pro woodwind man in his day (c. 1920's). The sax
mouthpieces were very popular among pros in the 1940's. In those days,
they were made of WHITE material with a BLACK inlay! The vintage models
(usually serial numbered) receive respectable bids on eBay.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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