Klarinet Archive - Posting 000237.txt from 2006/08

From: "David Blumberg" <blummy@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] $650 mouthpieces???
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:20:40 -0400

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Karl Wrote:
I suspect you'd need to be in a job like Morales's position in Philadelphia
for the qualities that make the mouthpiece worth $650, whatever they may be
when compared to the work of other custom makers, to be necessary. In fact,
I don't know for a fact what Morales is playing on these days, whether one
of the Backun mouthpieces or whatever he was already using, but I suspect he
didn't pay $600+ for it either.

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Ricardo is playing on the Backun Mouthpiece exclusively. I'll have to ask
him next time we hang out which one it is as I don't recall right now (it's
not the Backun model that I play).

He loves the way the mouthpiece(s) plays - it's unlike anything he has
played on before. Ricardo has always paid full price for the Backun products
that he has (and man o man does he have a LOT). No idea if that's the case
with the Morales/Backun line or not, but do know that before he was paying
full price for his equipment as Morrie told me a few years ago.

A tenor sax student of mine got over $1300 on EBAY on a mouthpiece that he
bought about 10 years ago for $500.

really - I shook my head in disbelief till I saw the auction results and
yes, he got paid too.

David Blumberg
http://www.mytempo.com

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