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Author: Llewsrac
Date: 2006-01-05 20:41
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Hard rubber, stamped Henton to the leaft of the table. Table, rails are silver inlay as is the back logo. Pix attached.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2006-01-05 21:25
I have one just like it for clarinet, which I've refaced and it plays great for classical use. It is indeed a Henton, made I think in the 1920s or 30s, has a reddish hard-rubber body with nickel-silver or silver insert for the table and tip. Hentons are very common vintage mouthpieces in the sax world (I have three of them for alto sax) but more rare for clarinet, I think. Along with the similar Frank Holton mouthpiece of the same vintage, was one of the early hybrid metal/rubber mouthpieces. The Hentons, in my opinion, are made better and have a superior interior design compared to the Holtons. Yours is worth keeping!
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2006-01-06 02:45
Brenda,
I don't know for sure, but here's my theory: The particular hard rubber used in these mouthpieces seems to be rather soft and to wear easily -- so a metal inlay would provide a hard, longer-wearing surface on the critical table area. Although I'm sure it was harder to manufacture (and occasionally the inlay will debond from the body and peel off) it is a pretty good engineering solution!
Sort of combines the dimensional stability (where it counts) of a metal mouthpiece with the feel and external shape of a hard rubber mouthpiece.
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