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Re: Henri Chedeville mouthpiece question

Author: clancy
Date: 2010-12-22 08:51

Ken

Salzo can you email me privately with some photos of your mouthpieces?

Opperman was talking about mpcs made slightly later in the 1930s and 1940s. The Qualitie Superior pieces were mostly made by Lelandais.

Bettoney did import various blanks - lots of crap. But in the early days they used some H Ched period pieces, to what extent we will never know.

True Chedeville pieces were only made up until the mid to late 1930s and even early 1940s maybe, but at that point the designs were different - then Lelandais took over and changed things forever - but they did continue making the Charles Chedeville signature mpc.

Some people have emailed be about identifying their Cheds - you have to look at the whole picture - all the markings, then the shape, internal cavity, etc. To just go on Steel Ebonite for example is not the best advice as other pieces were made with those features - different quality. Others say that the interlocking Cs is the way to go - again that only identifies a certain period of Charles Chedeville signature blanks. Many people used the same blank without the interlocking Cs.

R Wodkowski

www.ramonwodkowski.com

Post Edited (2010-12-22 09:05)

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