Klarinet Archive - Posting 000116.txt from 2008/02

From: "Geoff Secomb" <geoff@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Mystery Bb mouthpiece - includes the rest of the markings
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:54:51 -0500

I've also seen similar markings on some of the plastic mouthpieces which
came with the older versions of the Buffet B12.

Geoff Secomb.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Kantor" <klarinet@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Mystery Bb mouthpiece - includes the rest of the
markings

> Tim,
>
> I have one of the same mouthpieces you describe.
>
> If I remember correctly, I think it was found in the case of an older
> Buffet clarinet which I acquired a few years ago. I placed it on the shelf
> in my studio and never gave it much thought.
>
> Mine is marked similarly on the bottom right side of the table:
>
> W.S - B
> 18 - 110
>
> No other markings on either the left side of the table, or the back.
>
> I assume that the 18 signifies 18mm, for the length of the window opening,
> and the 110 signifies a 1.10mm tip opening.
>
> The mouthpiece is definitely made of hard rubber and plays fine, albeit
> with a bright quality, probably due to the lower baffle.
>
> Glenn B Kantor (GBK)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yakima Valley Community Band" <yakimavalleycommunityband@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Mystery Bb mouthpiece - includes the rest of the
> markings
>
>
>> The mouthpiece definitely is marked:
>> W.S. - B P.16.5
>> 440 116
>>
>> These are the markings on the mouthpiece. It has what
>> I would call an unusual table which tapers down to
>> half or more of its regular table width.
>>
>> I doubled checked with my 20X eye loup the markings
>> and they are very clear - they are actually imprinted
>> or pressed into the material.
>>
>> --- Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:21:44 -0800 (PST), Yakima
>>> Valley Community Band
>>> <yakimavalleycommunityband@-----.com> wrote:
>>> >> I've started playing on a different mouthpiece
>>> and
>>> >> like it better than what I was using; however,
>>> I'd
>>> >> like to know if any of you can identify the make
>>> of
>>> >> it.
>>> >>
>>> >> I find no name on it and it came to me through an
>>> >> ebay purchase and I'm not able to follow up
>>> through
>>> >> whom it was bought from.
>>> >>
>>> >> It does have the following markings on it:
>>> >>
>>> >> W.S.-B
>>> >> 440
>>> >>
>>>
>>> Is it possible that it really says "H.S.", meaning
>>> "Henri Selmer"? If
>>> so, it could be the stock mouthpiece shipped with a
>>> Selmer clarinet.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
>>> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>>>
>>>
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