Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 2003/02

From: "Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Closer/ vs more open and re-facing Was: [kl] reeds
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 15:39:25 -0500

Walter.....
I did read the article by Clark Fobes, although I
couldn't find anything on the internet about the
different models and all that. I think I am just
going to keep it for myself, I also have a Bay
mouthpiece and an older Selmer one...htey
all hve different bores and facings, and I think I'll just
try them all with different horns and reeds (my ligature
is an Eddie Daniels II by Rovner....)
I would be curious to find out how much it might have
cost me to BUY this mouthpiece from someone...if
anyone knows.
Sue
----- Original Message -----
From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Closer/ vs more open and re-facing Was: [kl] reeds

> 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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