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Author: erica
Date: 2001-07-02 02:07
Can mouthpieces be acuratly identified by the amount of lines, and such on them? I have two mouthpieces that came with my R13's (Bb '73, A '74) I bought used a while back. There's no marks on them put on by the manufacturer except one line going all the way around at the top, and three lines at the bottom. Can those lines be used to identy the maker? I saw a pic of a mouth piece on ebay with the same lines, and I want to know if mine could be the same brand?
erica
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Author: Chris Hill
Date: 2001-07-02 02:38
Check carefully with a magnifying glass under a bright light, and you may find some faint markings. The important thing is to see if they play. However, being that old, they may need to be refaced before they'll play well.
Chris
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Author: mw
Date: 2001-07-02 12:42
Chris is correct tthat you should carefully study to see if there are worn markings ... particularly to the left/right of the Table below the 3 scored lines. I have heard from others about the existence of "blank" Chedeville blanks. [ Is that the "C" word you were thinking of ? ]
Best,
mw
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Author: Bill Fogle
Date: 2001-07-05 16:08
I have a wonderful (but rather low-pitched) mouthpiece of the same description, but mine does have "G8" on the side. But that's the only marking. A weird bird.
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Author: mw
Date: 2001-07-05 18:57
Bill, the G8 is an Woodwind Company mouthpiece. They were known to use Chedevelle Blanks (I have a couple). One of mine was made for/distributed by NEMC (National Educational Music Company) of New Jersey. We've discussed these here on Sneezy before (seems like Don Berger had some info to add as well).
Best,
mw
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