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Re: Brilhart Tonalin 3* MPC

Author: chris moffatt
Date: 2010-10-23 22:46

A number of jazz players used/still use them. They tend to be pretty easy blowing. Yours is a medium ostensibly, though that may not mean too much, and the star indicates a longer lay. It has a fairly low serial number indicating an earlier date of manufacture and made at Brilhart's plant at Great Neck, NY. Not sure when they were first made - fifties I think. Brilhart also made a lot of tonalin sax mouthpieces which a number of jazz players like. They also made mouthpieces out of "ebolin" - black with a white biteplate. As to value somewhere between $40 and $80 would be typical. You'll see higher prices asked but I don't know if anybody pays them. Try it with a #3 reed see how it sounds

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