Klarinet Archive - Posting 000618.txt from 2000/08

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mouthpiece boring?
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 20:27:28 -0400

At 09:20 AM 8/21/2000 -0500, Ed Lacy wrote:
>My favorite alto sax mouthpiece is a Selmer C*, short barrel, made in
>approximately the 1950's, and purchased in a pawn shop in San Francisco.
In
>my experience, this mouthpiece works well for most players, with most
brands
>of saxophones, and with most brands of reeds. Why Selmer decided to change
>it has always been a mystery to me.
>

Bill Hausmann replied:

<<<I suspect that changing tastes sent them in search of a brighter-sounding
(sorry, Dan) design, resulting in the square-chambered S-80 models. Why
they do not still offer the original chamber in other than their metal line,
given its great popularity, puzzles me, too.>>>

. . . me three. The C* was a fantastic first mouthpiece (came with my
Bundy!) and a fantastic concert mouthpiece, too. The good news is that it
is *still* available, albeit in metal. (But everyone knows that "legit"
players never use metal. Ask Marcel Mule).

What frosts me is that Meyer did exactly the same thing. The Meyer 5M of
today is not the same as the one I "borrowed" from my teacher in high
school. Unfortunately, he kept good records and I had to give it back
(sigh). I can get a fix of the old Meyer from my best friend, who will
gladly lend me both his Meyer 5M and the 1955 Selmer Mark VI . . . but sell
me neither.

It's just not fair.

kjf

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