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Author: Chad Donohue
Date: 2000-04-06 03:20
Does anyone know where I can find vintage Chedeville mouthpieces? Price is negotiable
Thank you for any help
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-04-06 03:23
Try placing a wanted ad in the classifieds here on Sneezy.
And good luck! You'll need it ...
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2000-04-06 07:39
FYI
Greg Smith,Chicago's clarinetist,makes Chedeville style mouthpiece and Kasper style mouthpiece. I have both. They are good. Blank is of Hans Zinner of Bavaria. Price is provably 1/3 - 1/4 of Vintage Chedevilles.(I was astonished to read Vintage Chicago Kasper costs 500-600$!!!)
He is one of a sponcer of this BBS, you can access to his URL at Sponcer's page here.
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Author: Fred
Date: 2000-04-06 16:30
Is it possible for those of you who are knowledgable about the "Chedeville-style" and "Kaspar-style" mouthpieces to characterize these mouthpieces for us? What are the playing characteristics that are associated with these historic mouthpieces which current manufacturers like Greg Smith seek to copy?
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Author: John Scorgie
Date: 2000-04-06 17:02
Chad --
Let me second Hiroshi's advice to buy a Greg Smith mpce rather than pay an inflated price for some old "cult" mpce such as a Kasper. The best way to buy a mpce from a custom maker such as Smith is (if you can travel to the Chicago area) to arrange a personal appointment with him. He will of course charge you for his time but you will get a master lesson in mpces, reeds, etc and end up with a Smith mpce customized for your own needs.
BTW, the younger players out there should be made aware that there are two kinds of Chedeville mpces. Those marked "Chedeville" command astronomical prices, but much of their production were "stencils", sold to various people for resale under other brand names, much as JJ Babbitt or Zinner does today. I have four Chedeville mpces, two clarinet and two alto sax. None of them have any great market value because are not marked "Chedeville". All play well but not nearly as well as any number of good modern mpces from various American or French makers.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2000-04-07 02:59
Besides Mr.Scorgie's fluent advice, I would add that a barrel would make a great improvement to your tonality. Greg Smith offers Chadash barrels reamered with the selected mouthpiece. I have one and was really astonished when I tried with his mouthpiece. Stock barrel sounds monotonous, I recognized.
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Author: William
Date: 2000-04-07 15:34
Richard Hawkins is another mp maker (Zinner blanks also) that is currently making excellant mps after the old (and IMHO over-rated) Kaspers and Cheds.
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Author: John Scorgie
Date: 2000-04-07 17:25
Thanks to William for clarifying that some modern mpce makers such as Richard Hawkins offer mpces based on the older designs but (in most cases) much improved. I did not mean to suggest that Greg Smith is the ONLY good custom mpce maker out there, just that his products (and those of Hawkins and others) are definite improvements on the old designs.
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Author: Jeff W.
Date: 2000-04-18 01:14
hello
I have found that yes it is hard to find chedeville blanks(Kaspars). However, I do have to disagree that they are not worth the effort to purchase one if you can find it. I have found that they are far superior for my style of playing. By all means though try different types and discover what works for you.
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Author: Mike M
Date: 2000-04-21 15:03
I have to agree with the other Greg Smith recommendations (http://home1.gte.net/klarinet/). Mr. Smith took the time to speak with me on the phone about some of the issues that I was dealing with concerning embouchure and tone. He then sent me three mouthpieces to evaluate. The one I settled on is (IMHO) fantastic! Also, I would consider Tom Ridenour’s Chedeville style "German" Model, available through the woodwind company (http://www.wwandbw.com/).
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