Klarinet Archive - Posting 000352.txt from 2006/04

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Arnold Brilhart
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:19:42 -0400

A few decades ago I made some nice mouthpieces out of the white tenor ones. Would be fun to do some more.

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
>From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
>Sent: Apr 25, 2006 5:30 AM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Arnold Brilhart
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>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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