Klarinet Archive - Posting 000341.txt from 2006/04

From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Arnold Brilhart
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:32:20 -0400

I think the early Brilhart white saxophone mouthpieces mouthpieces
were made of a synthetic material which was not particularly durable,
problems with brittleness. I believe both Charlie Parker and Stan
Getz played at one time on such mouthpieces and, as such, they are
still sought after by collectors and players (of course, what kind of
mouthpiece *didn't* Charlie Parker play on?). Their value has
probably appreciated as much due the scarcity of good condition
specimens as anything else. It would seem likely that the same
durability problem existed with the white clarinet mouthpieces.

-Adam

At 06:02 AM 4/25/2006, Arthur Acheson wrote:
>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

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