Klarinet Archive - Posting 000105.txt from 2007/02

From: Michael Moors <mdmoors@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Kaspar for Sale
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:31:10 -0500


At 05:06 PM 2/11/2007, you wrote:
>>I'm not certain what you're saying. Did you mean that any Kaspar today is
>>worth $400 or did you leave a word out of the sentence? Also, what was
>>Ravelli's connection to Ann Arbor Kaspars (and was the Ted a typo or does it
>>mean something?)?
>>
>>Karl

Karl,

Many Kaspars sell for $400.00 on Ebay. William Revelli set up the
situation for the Ann Arbor Kaspars for his band students,
encouraged him to move there and set up shop. All I was saying is
that you may buy a Kaspar on Ebay for $400.00 and be disappointed. I
would never buy without a play test. Not all Kaspars, and in
particular Ann Arbor Kaspars are a guaranteed to be a great
mouthpiece. I know people that have been thrilled, and some are
livid that they wasted the money. There are many people that make
mouthpieces that are equal or better today.

Mike

>I can only add a little to the Revelli statement. My clarinet
>instructor in college was a doctoral graduate from UM under Revelli
>and Stubbins, and spent some time at the Kaspar shop while there. He
>and the two or three clarinetist friends of his I met always pushed
>the Ann Arbor Kaspars. I still have the first one I bought from my
>teacher for I think $20.00 in 1975. I imagine if it is like the
>situation I remember here in high school bands in the sixties and
>seventies, most directors wanted everyone in a section playing at
>least the same mouthpiece setup, if not the same brands and model of
>instruments. It was their search I suppose for a uniform sound.
>
>If all Ciceros are like the one I have, the reputation is
>well-earned. The few Ann Arbors I have picked up or played over the
>years pale in comparison, despite the fact they are fine pieces. I
>have also an old Goldbeck that plays better than the Cicero. Both
>show more signs of the hard rubber deteriorating over time, a result
>of poor handling before I got them, so I don't use them much anymore.
>
>Don Hatfield
>
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