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Author: fivesilentmiles
Date: 2005-09-26 00:00
Since the death of david hite, his artist mouthpieces have been unavailable for many months, but today, i noticed that wwbw had the J model in stock. Has anyone tried these and does anyone know what's going to happen to the hite artist line?
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Author: Kel
Date: 2005-09-26 13:30
If WWBW does indeed have the Hite J in stock it may be new production, and may or may not be up to David Hite's standards. I searched for a J several months ago and no one had them at the time. I suppose WWBW might have discovered a cache when they moved their warehouse, but who knows. I have seen reports that Babbit bought the rights to Hite, which would encourage one to test play any new Hite before buying.
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2005-09-26 14:53
It may be listed on their website, but that certainly doesn't mean that they actually have it in stock.
I'd call if I were you and double check it.
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2005-09-26 17:38
I recently got 2 Hite model Ds (the original creation)...one came in a very old cardboard box, the other in a newer plastic box. They were both quite nice, and I gave one to a colleague for his son who is young intermediate player. While they are not my everyday mouthpiece, they are certainly worth having, collecting, using.
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