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 O'Brien crystal mouthpiece
Author: Simon Aldrich 
Date:   2008-02-08 02:40

A colleague of mine recently bought an old buffet Bb clarinet and in the case was an O'Brien crystal mouthpiece, marked Nov 1974, 4+.
The mouthpiece is in good shape with no nicks in the tip or side rails.
I remember hearing that some people collect these mouthpieces.

He was wondering how much this mouthpiece would fetch these days.

Thanks,
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Simon Aldrich

Clarinet Faculty - McGill University
Principal Clarinet - Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
Clarinet - Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
Artistic Director - London Chamber Music Festival

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 Re: O'Brien crystal mouthpiece
Author: David Spiegelthal 2017
Date:   2008-02-08 02:49

They are fairly common on That Infernal Internet Auction Site --- check there for how much people have paid for them in the recent past. They don't fetch anywhere near the kind of money that, say, Kaspars do (or recently, anything with the word "Chedeville" on it -- go figure!).

I've refaced plenty of O'Briens, and I've found most of them to be very stuffy and 'brittle' sounding as received. But of course, they can be fixed.

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 Re: O'Brien crystal mouthpiece
Author: C2thew 
Date:   2008-02-08 04:28

expect around $60-$90

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. they are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive as railroads lead to Boston to New York
-Walden; Henry Thoreau

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