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Vandoren Plastic or HardRubber

Author: klarinet
Date: 2003-02-21 16:33

This is long so bare with me...
I have 2 Vandoren mouthpieces but both look very different. My B45 writings are engraved in the mouthpiece and can not be scratched off also the B45 is not shinny like a brand new one(of course I've used it all my professional life) and it shows sign of age, discolor. On the other hand my B45Lyre is shinny and the writings are in gold paint which I've easily scraped off. Same age as my B45 however looks brand new with the exception of my intentional scrapping the word Vandoren and B45Lyre off.

My question is could one be plastic (B45Lyre) and the B45 be Hard Rubber? I don't know if Vandoren made both plastic and Hard Rubber. Do you? They are old mouthpieces I got in HighSchool and used through college. I only played the B45 not the Lyre one in college so my teacher never saw it. I just recently took out the B45Lyre and starting fiddling with it when I realized the possibility it could be made of plastic. I have not been able to verify it because Vandoren is impossible to contact.
I would be interested in knowing if my B45lyre is plastic. The music store in town has no clue and I haven't made a trip to Boston to ask a real expert since it just occurred to me recently.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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