Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2003-04-04 13:18
Just a short story:
I loaned my Kasper (why?) to a good friend years ago. He had it for 6 months or so, and returned it, sadly, with a significant chip in the tip. The mouthpiece was great, but no longer played with the tip damaged.
I took it to Jimmy Yan, a great repairman in NYC, who had been working with Matson on fixing and refacing mouthpieces. Jimmy immediately said he could fix it, and put back the original facing. I was skeptical. A week later I went to his shop and, to my amazement, the chip was gone, the mouthpiece was refaced, and it played great...just as sharp as before!
Jimmy has old mouthpieces that he somehow melts(?) down, and then uses the old material to fill-in the chips or damages to other old mouthpieces.
He's great! Do not let just anyone repair or reface you old "find," it's too valuable to be ruined by an amateur.
Good luck,
JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist
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