Klarinet Archive - Posting 000223.txt from 2003/12

From: "Gregory Smith" <Gregory@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Marcellus Mouthpiece
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:58:33 -0500

> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:13:24 -0600
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: "C.C. Lin" <englishiris@-----.com>
> Subject: Marcellus Mouthpiece
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> Have anybody tried the Robert Marcellus mouthpiece before? If yes, =
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> C.C.

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Dear C.C. Lin,

I've posted my observations about this topic before at this link:

http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Logs/1999/05/000729.txt

In addition, I was accepted into the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1983 =
playing a Marcellus mthpc from 1983 when the mouthpieces were really at =
their peak IMO (The Marcellus M13 facing is a completely different =
animal than the relatively new Vand. mthpc model named the M13). At that =
time I felt it to be one of the finest machine made mthpcs available - =
after Mr. Aiello's hand adjustments were done at my request.

As I state in the link, I do not believe that the mthpcs produced after =
Mr. Aiello left LeBlanc in 1983 were of nearly that quality. Something =
changed...and not for the better IMO. They seem to remain that way in =
their present incarnation.

In direct answer to your question, I believed at the time, they were the =
closet a machine made mthpc came to resemble the original Kaspar that =
Marcellus played at that time. The mthpcs up until 1983 were intended to =
resemble Marcellus's own Kaspar as much as possible.

Gregory Smith

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Chamber Soloists of Chicago
Chicago College of Performing Arts
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