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Fossil HR "88"

Author: Silversorcerer
Date: 2015-07-27 23:41

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Re: Fossil HR

Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2015-07-27 23:44

Buffet and Chedeville????

Is the question rhetorical?

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Re: Fossil HR "88"

Author: Silversorcerer
Date: 2015-07-28 01:50

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Re: Fossil HR "88"

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-07-28 03:20

You may want to show this to the Bay family (whoever runs the operation now). Charles Bay claimed to me in a a conversation about eight years ago that Vandoren stole this idea from him.

.............Paul Aviles

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Re: Fossil HR "88"

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-07-28 04:55

The older Selmer mouthpieces from the '40s and '50s had fairly long beaks on them compared to others.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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Re: Fossil HR "88"

Author: Silversorcerer
Date: 2015-07-28 11:41

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Re: Fossil HR "88"

Author: rdc
Date: 2015-07-28 23:28

To me, this looks like the so-called "duckbill" beak shape. It was used by Gustave Langenus for the mouthpieces that carried his name, and more recently, it has been used (is being used?) for Ralph Morgan's mouthpieces.

I have never seen a Langenus myself, but do have a Morgan, which is also shorter than most other clarinet mouthpieces.

Perhaps other makers used this design as well. Anyone know for sure?

R. Chest

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