Klarinet Archive - Posting 000473.txt from 2002/10

From: "CLARK FOBES " <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Lelandais mouthpiece
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 18:04:11 -0400

Concerning the value of a LeLandais mouthpiece it depends on how old it is.
Lelandais was a highly respected maker of mouthpieces for a good part of
the last century. I believe manufacturing was stopped around 1970? Recently
(perhaps 5-10 years ago) Lelandais mouthpieces were again offered through
Glotin. These were terrible!!!

If it ia an older Lelandais, you might get an offer as high as $1500 on
E-bay. Which in my opinion is absolutely absurd, but there are lot of
people out there that are convinced that the only good mouthpieces are
"old" mouthpieces. C'est la.

Clark W Fobes

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