Klarinet Archive - Posting 000339.txt from 2006/04

From: "Warren Rosenberg" <wrosenberg47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Arnold Brilhart
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:14:42 -0400

Got my curiousity going on seeing an all white m/p.
Went to google and found these pictures.
Did anyone ever make a mouthpiece out of ivory?
Sounds (pun intended) very aesthetic and would look beautiful. A couple of
these almost look like ivory (or meerschaum).
http://www.mouthpieceheaven.com/misc/brilhart.htm

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From: "Arthur Acheson" <arthur.acheson@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Arnold Brilhart

> Although a number of top British jazz and big band players used
> Brilharts, I found the m/p's very inconsistent, and could never find
> one I liked.
> Probably in the 50's Brilhart manufactured m/p's in England. As is
> the way of the world, the English version was fetching high prices in
> USA and the USA model was very highly sought after in Britain, go
> figure!
> AA
> On 25 Apr 2006, at 04:32, Lacy, Edwin wrote:
>
> <<<As I remember, the Brillhart mouthpiece was made out of white
> material and the contrast with the black clarinet was striking.>>>
>
> But, I agree with Dan Leeson - I played on several Brillhart saxophone
> mouthpieces, but never found one of them that really worked well for me.
>
> Ed Lacy
> University of Evansville
>
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