Author: Liquorice
Date: 2010-10-02 21:24
kdk: hold on- I didn't mean to give the impression that most top players play Greg Smith Kaspars! Just that, of those pros that I know who do play on something like that, they don't necessarily know anything about who Kaspar was.
I can't speak for the 50s and 60s because I wasn't around then! I'm sure some mouthpiece experts would be able to help you. You could try contacting experts like Ramon Wodkowski and Ed Pillinger who have studied vintage mouthpieces that older English and French players used.
What I can say is this- in the last 15 years I've seen a growth in the amount of European players who are trying and playing American mouthpieces. As Ed Palanker says, the world has become a much smaller place. There's also been a growth in the number of other popular European mouthpiece makers, like Viotto, Wodkowski, Eaton and Licostini. But even though players are becoming more open to trying other brands, the dominant mouthpiece amongst Boehm players is still Vandoren.
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