Klarinet Archive - Posting 000349.txt from 2006/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Arnold Brilhart
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:46:54 -0400

At 11:21 PM 4/25/2006 -0400, Dave Gilbert wrote:

>I use a Brilhart level air metal ( stainless I believe) mouthpiece on my
>Conn 10M tenor.
>
>The tenor was " OK " before the change to the level air , but since the
>addition of that mpc
>
>the tenor has taken on a tone which commands attention...powerful but not
>shrill or thin, with a deep growl of a low end.
>
>Many find the level air too bright , but for me it has been the perfect
>mate to the 10M...one of the great American tenors.
>
>For the record: the Conn 10M is 1949 vintage....the Brilhart is a 9* and
>the serial # dates the MPC to Oct 1974.
>The MPC has " Designed by Arnold Brilhart" engraved on the top and the
>reeds are Alexander Superial 2 1/2.
>
>The sound of this tenor/mpc combination far out strip my abilities as a
>tenor sax player...but God I love the sound.

I play a 1936 10M myself. It has largely replaced my Martin Committee
because the sound is so rich! I usually play with an Otto Link New York
chamber metal or a T. L. Zappe St. Louis hard rubber 7* (made on a custom
Otto Link blank with a larger chamber, like the old "Slant Sig"
types). The Zappe gives a VERY mellow sound, but with plenty of guts when
pushed, the metal Link a bit more edge. The Brilhart 3* is thinner, but
quite powerful. It plays much more open than the facing designation
suggests. I have a Berg Larson metal (90/2), too, which apparently was the
choice of the horn's previous owner. It is not MY sound, but it works very
well with the instrument. Maybe for a rock and roll gig...

Bill Hausmann

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

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Klarinet is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org