Klarinet Archive - Posting 000150.txt from 2011/07

From: "Lloyd Henderson" <doctorsprod@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Zinner mouthpiece blanks (HS)
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:34:51 -0400

Hi everyone,

I have been deluged with questions off the air but with a little =

amplification here most should be answered.

For the last 5 years I have worked to perfect a recreation of the old =

Chedeville rod rubber and CNC techniques to shape them into mouthpieces. =

Brad Behn and I just had a long thread going on the Bulletin Board "Most =

Chedeville-Like" which is a pretty fair explanation of how we both arrived =

on the rubber formulation we feel is most Chedeville like.

Chedeville will introduce a line of Professional Chedeville (I own the =

international copyright on Chedeville name mark and trademark) clarinet =

mouthpieces at ClarinetFest in LA in a week. Our business plan includes 4 =

variations of a blank and facings copied from and old Henri Chedeville =

mouthpiece and a Charles Chedeville mouthpiece. We also are going to offer =

blanks to custom mouthpiece makers of the two blanks used for our own =

mouthpieces. I have sent out sample blanks (#1) to several mouthpiece maker=
s =

asking for their recommendations on what they like and do not like about =

using a particular blank to make their rendition of a custom mouthpiece. I =

will then make changes in the future blanks from a consensus of these =

observations. With CNC machined mouthpieces it is relatively easy to make =

tweaks that are impossible with molded mouthpieces without changing the =

cores. I will have Blanks 1 & 2 for sale at ClarinetFest in lots of 5 or =

more.

The present blanks have a slight dip in the table which many say is =

characteristic of Zinner and some Babbitt blanks that they now use but =

others say that they only use a flat table to make their facings - differen=
t =

strokes for different folks. Mike Lomax is using one of the Chedeville =

blanks to offer a new premium mouthpiece called The Firebird - perhaps afte=
r =

our logo which features a Phoenix rising from the ashes

The third prong of our offerings will be an intermediate mouthpiece that ha=
s =

one consensus facing and is also CNC machined from hard rubber called =

Chedeville "Prime" at an affordable price.

I am not and will not be a custom mouthpiece maker, only a mouthpiece =

manufacturer.

L. Omar Henderson

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From: "Lloyd Henderson" <doctorsprod@-----.com>
To: "The Klarinet Mailing List" <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Zinner mouthpiece blanks (HS)

Hi everyone,

I have been distributing my own Chedeville blanks and receiving comments
about tweaks that will lead to a consensus blank for most makers. One
comment that has been a sidelight is that most Zinner blanks have a
pronounced dip in the table. I am not a mouthpiece maker, one because I do
not have the talent, but also because there are so many variables that come
into play to make a custom mouthpiece. I am wondering how different makers
handle this table situation? Do you make it level or incorporate the dip
into your modifications to the Zinner blank?

Thanks,
L. Omar Henderson
Chedeville Group

2011/7/23 Georg K=FChner <Georg.Kuehner@-----.de>:
> Have on of you ever tried the HS-Zinner blanks (heavy material)
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