Author: Wodkowski
Date: 2006-08-16 17:23
I once had a Henri Chedeville that looked identical to Mr Behns, only with different lettering and numbers. From my memory it had some sort of serial number 2***** and the lettering SGDG along with more numbers and possibly a pat number ( some folks call these the Sounds Good Damn Good Henris). There were a few letters stamped to the right of the table, an RW perhaps and maybe a faded number. There was another letter or 2 to the left of the table, but they were long worn away and could barely be seen.
The H Chedeville was stamped in small block lettering on the back of the mouthpiece under the bottom ligature line, and steel ebonite was above it.
It was the most beautiful sounding mouthpiece Ive ever owned, such resonance and colour. The only thing is it was hard for reeds, tuned badly, and just didnt play well. I had Matson and some other people take a look at it and do some minor adjustments to improve its playability, but in the end I gave up and sold it for a LOT of money. With that money I bought myself a few good playing mouthpieces which I still use - they may not be as special as the Henri in some ways, but they play and do the job consistently, which is one reason why I shy away from the vintage stuff.
I do regret selling the Henri, but I know that it would be sitting in a dusty drawer if I had kept it - now it is being played in a good orchestra and loved and taken care of, as was intended.
Post Edited (2006-08-16 17:27)
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