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Author: dim
Date: 2008-07-25 05:30
What is the differences between Chadeville, Kaspar and Zinner mouthpiece??
How is the characteristic of each mouthpiece??
Which is better??
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Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2008-07-25 10:59
Chedeville was a mouthpiece maker in France starting in the mid-1920's through the 1940's that was later bought out by LeLandais who made mouthpieces through the 1960's. They made their own mouthpieces under the name Charles Chedeville but also supplied MP blanks to many of the instrument manufacturers who used their blanks and finished them to various degrees and then stamped their company names on them. Henri Chedeville was related to Charles and made mouthpieces in the U.S. using blanks from Chedeville, France.
There were two Kaspars - Frank L. and Frank who were uncle and nephew who made mouthpieces here in the US (Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Cicero) that used Chedeville company blanks primarily but later used blanks from LeLandais, Raffault, and Babbitt to make mouthpieces.
Zinner is a German company that makes mouthpiece blanks which are used today by many custom makers to make their custom mouthpieces.
So, you have finished mouthpieces by the Chedeville Company and blanks used by others using Chedeville blanks to make mouthpieces, and makers - the two Kaspars, and a mouthpiece blank making company Zinner.
The resulting mouthpieces run the gamut of playing characteristics, especially the individual results produced by various mouthpiece makers using blanks produced by Chedeville or now Zinner.
Mouthpiece blanks made primarily by Zinner and Babbitt today are all molded rubber that is then vulcanized as opposed to the earlier Chedeville blanks that were machined from rod rubber stock material. Because of the processes involved in making each type there are differences in the rubber formulation used. The old Chedeville mouthpieces today also represent a snapshot in time of rubber that has changed (all vulcanized rubber begins to degrade and break crosslinking patterns as soon as it is produced) from the original material produced. Different formulations of both molded and rod stock rubber change differently over time but it appears, IMO, that the old Chedeville rubber - although there was variability even in examples of Chedeville production - have kept very good acoustic properties over time.
Reviewing the many various threads on the BB will give you more information about each name mentioned.
L. Omar Henderson
www.doctorsprod.com
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