Klarinet Archive - Posting 000043.txt from 2005/10

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Kaspar Mouthpiece with Solid Silver Facing
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 18:09:01 -0400

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 09:48:51 -0500, <Tom.Henson@-----.com> wrote:

>I figure that this list would be a good place to start in asking this
>question. I recently obtained an original Kaspar Cicero # 13 mouthpiece
>from a friend who has retired and was a student of Marcellus. It is the
>most unusual Kaspar I have seen, and I have only seen one other like it.
>The entire tip, rails, and table are solid silver and beautifully worked
>into the rubber Chedeville blank. The workmanship is so good that it is
>almost unbelievable.
>... Of course, being that the entire
>facing is solid silver, I would think it would be quite a bit harder to
>reface, but guess it is possible.
>

I would think it would be significantly EASIER to reface. Silver is
much softer than plastic or hard rubber. In fact, I'm somewhat
surprised it would be able to hold its shape well enough to act as a
clarinet mouthpiece for very long.

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Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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