Klarinet Archive - Posting 000181.txt from 2003/02

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Closer/ vs more open and re-facing Was: [kl] reeds
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 14:48:34 -0500

In a message dated 2/7/2003 1:15:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, raycraft@-----.com writes:

> Walter,
> Okay, now that we are on the subject of mouthpieces....
> I looked at the mouthpiece that came with my old "A"
> Buffet (which I paid $150 for)....it is a Frank L. Kaspar
> mouthpiece, it says "superb" on it in addition to the
> little star and the Frank L. Caspar Chicago Ill. logo.
> So, I'm thinking, I got a prize??<<

Sue......see the article that Clark Fobes wrote on the Kaspars. It's posted somewhere on the klarinet pages.

I believe you have a Frank L. Kaspar (the one who later moved to Ann Arbor) and not the Frank Kaspar who lived in Cicero. The mouthpieces made by the Cicero Kaspar are the ones that are the most prized.

Still your mouthpiece is worth something. You can look for a buyer, or just enjoy it.

Walter Grabner

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