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 A MP of Interest?
Author: Don Berger 
Date:   2004-07-12 20:45

I bought me a "pig in a poke" melange [proper word?] on EBAY, a "parts" assortment, best of which is an UJ of a good-looking Silver Throat Pruefer [anyone have a LJ for me??]. The mp I had hopes for is a KELL [famous name] MAXITONE plastic {M}, with beak character of an alto sax mp and with a ?permanent? thin plastic cushion, nearly 15.0 mm tenon dia. Haven't tried it yet! Any comments, partic. from our Brits?? ? A stock? Just "prospecting", didn't find Au, or even Ag. Don

Thanx, Mark, Don

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 Re: A MP of Interest?
Author: Ken Shaw 2017
Date:   2004-07-12 20:54

Don -

Reginald Kell let his name be put on mouthpieces in the late 1950s. I remember playing two models -- the plastic one was not so hot, and the rubber one was OK but not great. According to a bio in The Clarinet published after his death, he played on "false Martel" clarinets with a large, "English" bore. Obviously, any mouthpiece that would work on those instruments would be dreadfully out of tune on a French bore instrument, so the Kell mouthpieces marketed in the US would have to be pretty drastically changed.

Also, Kell played double lip, so I doubt that he would have used a cushion on top of his mouthpiece.

Hope you found at least some Fe, and no Pb.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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 Re: A MP of Interest?
Author: Don Berger 
Date:   2004-07-12 21:07

TKS, Ken, Just having FUN. I do appreciate the bio of K, had heard of bits and pieces of his career and his teaching/playing , didn't even B G study with him?? Ur rite all that glitters may be PbS. Regards, Don

Thanx, Mark, Don

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