Author: seabreeze
Date: 2019-05-13 01:40
Ebonite rubber still seems to be the overwhelming preference of American players. We'll have to see if that begins to change as more players try some of Walt Grabner's new models. Richard Hawkins, who has not been mentioned yet in this thread, has paired up with Backun to make the new Vocalise model, which is still in ebonite. Fobes is having Rice use ebonite in two different colors, a black blank and a blueish one for one variant of his 10K model. Greg Smith who recently said here he is still looking for the right blank, did not mention whether he would consider something other than ebonite (which was his main material, though he sometimes also offered mouthpieces made on Zinner wood blanks). Reserve mouthpieces, including the latest Evolution model, are still ebonite (they never used Zinner blanks). And of course the everlastingly popular French import, Vandoren, is still ebonite across the board, as are the new Selmers.
I have an Alexander Willscher AW F105T mouthpiece, made in Nurnberg, Germany I like a lot (easy response, good tuning, easy on reeds, and somewhat Germanic "pearly" sound still with good vibrancy) that is made from a non-shiny very dark grey- to- black material that looks like it might not be ebonite. AW is a relatively new company, having been founded in 2000 and evidently not afraid to try new materials. They also make "duckbill" mouthpiece but don't call them that. https://www.aw-woodwinds.eu/mouthpieces/en/11-bb-clarinet
Post Edited (2019-05-13 02:15)
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