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Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-01-12 14:14
TAKE MY MONEY NOW!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-01-12 17:09
I have a serious question for those out there "in the know." I believe I've heard this old mouthpiece touted before as one of the "Holy Grails." Notwithstanding the missing lower third, is this image representative of this storied mouthpiece? And if so, can I assume they were rather short facing mouthpieces?
...................Paul Aviles
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-01-12 21:02
Aren't sawn-off mouthpieces illegal?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: ghoulcaster
Date: 2022-01-12 21:38
Don’t you hate it when you buy a vintage instrument expecting it to be HP but its actually standard LP? Here’s a quick fix for you anti-social musicians out there!
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-01-13 05:16
Another serious comment: If there is anything particularly magical about this facing and tone chamber, someone like Brad Behn could easily fuse a lower third on there......I believe.
....................Paul Aviles
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Author: hoobdeebla
Date: 2022-01-13 06:18
This particular mouthpiece is actually for soprano saxophone, as is evident in pictures of the duckbill profile from the rear. The eBay link for this mouthpiece is here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/165226846536
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-01-13 14:10
Um.......... it still appears there is some amount of mouthpiece shorn off. If you were to stick a sax neck into this thing it would protrude into the tone chamber. And I have seen duckbill clarinet mouthpieces. In fact a have a few by Charles Bay.
.............Paul Aviles
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Author: hoobdeebla
Date: 2022-01-13 20:30
Yes, some of the shank has been hacked off, but compare it to Lelandais clarinet mouthpieces of similar vintage:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/125093501945
https://www.ebay.com/itm/124950278008
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363589787416
and then to another Lelandais soprano sax piece: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/lelandais-vintage-soprano-sax-423308004
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-01-14 16:53
Looks like this is correct on the soprano sax front. But "hoobdeebla," do you know what the facings look like on the Bb clarinet versions? Is it a short window like the soprano sax mouthpieces? Does the shortness of the window mirror the shortness of the facing?
...................Paul Aviles
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