Klarinet Archive - Posting 000783.txt from 2004/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece repair - can it be done?
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:43:45 -0500

At 08:26 AM 1/27/2004 -0500, Walter Grabner wrote:
>...I decided to try epoxy. So I got out my special "Ferree's" super epoxy
>and mixed up a small batch. I put slippery package sealing tape inside the
>mouthpiece so it conformed to the curve of the baffle and eased in a big
>glob of epoxy. As it started to cure, I smoothed it to conform somewhat
>closely to the original tip rail curve, leaving plenty of extra...
>
>Has anyone else out there done anything similar? Has it worked well? Did
>the repair last? (I gave the student a 50% credit on the repair toward a
>new mouthpiece if the repair lasted less than two years).

I used some epoxy to fill in a chip in the original mouthpiece that came
with the Martin tenor sax I picked up recently. The job is far from
perfect, but does allow the reed to seal well -- well enough to see that
the mouthpiece really sounds GOOD. It gives a very big, but warm and
mellow sound, although intonation is better with a Soloist-style Selmer C*.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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