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Author: Alyra
Date: 2003-11-29 10:00
The cheap Japanese or similar clarinet I'm loaning at the moment from a friend has a Brilhart Ebolin Special Mouthpiece. Is this a decent mouthpiece or just run of the mill? It seems fairly good compared to the junky one I used with the school bundy I used years ago.
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2003-11-29 10:56
Hi Alyra,
Brilhart MPs are well liked and used often on sax but I don't believe have had as wide an acceptance for clarinet. I sometimes play a Brilhart Tonalin on alto but prefer a Selmer C* or Meyer 6M.
On clarinet, I prefer a Portnoy BP02, a Stowell 2, or a VD 2RV. Others on the BB use and swear but all sorts of brands.
What's the point you may ask?
It is you should use what you like and what works best for you no matter what the brand. I was talking to the former principal clarinet in a college wind ensemble and when I asked her what MP she played, she said "you are going to laugh but I use a ......." which was a student first step-up MP. Of course, I did not laugh.
Hope this helps.
HRL
Post Edited (2003-11-29 17:12)
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-11-29 20:54
Jodi, do check the older threads on Brilhart mouthpieces. There's a lot of "information" that's been passed around, but not much definitive. To paraphrase Hank, the best mouthpiece for you is one you like to play that gets you the tone you want.
Regards,
John
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2003-11-30 22:18
At one stage it seemed like every alto sax player of the swing era used one. Notably Charlie Parker and Johnny Hodges used Brilhart's or at the very least were paid to appear in photographs with them. They got a bit of use by some trad jazz clarinettists here in Australia but mainly in the 50's. The material is light and tends toward a brighter sound, the facing is a different issue. In my experience most of the older ones I have seen need re-facing due to damage or long use. Some are completely clapped out. I would venture to suggest that they are not much of a legit mouthpiece and were made largely for projection. They seem to have made hard rubber, ebolin and tonalin models. The ebolin, at least, is a light yellow colour.
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