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Author: Igloo Bob
Date: 2004-05-30 02:27
It's a Bass Clarinet mouthpiece, but seems slightly narrower than any others I've seen. The identification info is faded, leading me to believe the mouthpiece is at least somewhat old, perhaps 20-30 years. Here's what I can make out from the "signatures" on the piece:
(top) G (C?) oolm
(bottom) - What looks like either a treble clef or a reed, either way, with a smiley face on the top half, and either "Balhart" or "Bathart" following that directly to the right, and finally, moving right from the Bal word, a reed with several markings on the top half.
Then below the Bal word, there's a 3 and a star.
On the top of the mouthpiece, there's a large white-colored area presumably marking an area where one might put their upper teeth when biting down. And indeed, all of the bite marks that came with the piece are within that area.
I'm going to search for both Balhart and Bathart on google, and see if I can find anything that way, but any other help identifying this mouthpiece in any way, would be much appreciated.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-05-30 02:30
It's probably a Brilhart Ebolin or Tonalin ...GBK
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2004-05-30 02:50
Sounds like an old Brilhart Ebolin mouthpiece to me. They were particularly common sax mouthpieces but the company made clarinet mouthpieces as well. The white inlay and "star" facing were both characteristic of this model. If you search eBay for Brilhart, you will find some pictures. I don't know how far back the company goes but it is at least back to 1951, probably further. The mouthpieces are still being made but, if memory serves, Selmer now owns the company.
Best regards,
jnk
I see GBK has posted while I was writing my message. All the Tonalins I have seen were white with a black inlay -- but I certainly haven't seen them all
Post Edited (2004-05-30 02:53)
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-05-30 02:57
Jack is correct as it most likely the Ebolin (and not the Tonalin).
Charlie Parker was probably the most famous Tonalin (white mouthpiece/black inlay) user...GBK
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2004-05-30 11:09
I see heaps of them. I think Selmer USA included them as standard mouthpieces in Alto and Bass clarinets during the 1980's and 90's. They are also often found in older King and Armstrong bass clarinets.
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