Author: nickma
Date: 2004-06-27 19:29
Thanks Dan,
I've read the book, which is incredibly interesting. He played Boosey & Hawkes 10-10s until John Eaton came out with his much-improved wide bore version in the mid '80s, using the jigs and other equipment from the B&H factory that they gave him when they closed the UK factory down (to concentrate on the Buffet operation they had acquired by then). He retired from professional playing around then.
Its just there are no references anywhere to this wonderful mouthpiece which I picked up for $20, and which has a very short lay, is reasonably open (not excessively so), and brown!!! (yuk).
My guess is that it may have been made by Buffet, given B&H were importing their instruments into the UK, but totally unlike the crappy things that no one uses which they include with Buffet R13s these days.
Anyhow it plays like a dream with wide bore horns (and is broadly unplayable on narrow bore ones). Thanks for posting on this thread.
Nick
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