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Unusual Vintage Bundy Mouthpiece

Author: azuka
Date: 2004-07-16 16:54

I'm trying to get some information about a rather nice mouthpiece I got yesterday along with a pair of A & C Conn clarinets (hard rubber) from eBay.

On the back it is marked in German style lettering "G M Bundy" then below that "Paris."

One line up and two lines down around the circumference of the pice.

Very nice shape and to this seasoned clarinet player is a very fine piece. Facing is not indicated.

Anybody know anything at all about these? I presume it is early 20th century due to the age of the Conn's it was with which had serial numbers just above and below 100,000

Thanks.

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Re: Unusual Vintage Bundy Mouthpiece

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2004-07-16 18:03

I have a wood G.M. Bundy-Paris clarinet I completely restored, including its original mouthpiece with same markings. The clarinet itself is basically a 1930s-era French Selmer, and the mouthpiece as received was a standard French stock mouthpiece, not bad at all but, like most mouthpieces of any era, needing a good refacing to really play well. Consider your mouthpiece to be something akin to a Chedeville or other typical French mouthpiece of the 30s. If somebody out there considers it to be a collectible, so be it --- to me it's just a good starting point for a refacing job.

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