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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2024-01-06 21:32
Actually I refer to David Hite's penchant for recording the measurements of the mouthpieces of many many of the great players (and all his customers) of his day. David Hite had attended many international clarinet events and had the details on many of the world's great players.
It is possible that his records are still available and wondered if anyone knows of their disposition. That would be a wonderful resource to post and archive on this forum, if only for curiosity's sake.
Anyone out there know what happened to these records?
.............Paul Aviles
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Author: lydian
Date: 2024-01-06 23:03
So you’re looking for the Hite measurements, not length or width.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2024-01-06 23:49
Measurements of the FACING which include tip opening and the four measurements of the curve that are taken with feeler gauges.
.............Paul Aviles
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2024-01-07 05:35
Actually I haven't. I did not realize that David Hite made any ligatures. Would there be some characteristic that you would be particularly enthusiastic about?
.............Paul Aviles
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2024-01-07 19:33
http://dragon.cyberstreet.com/jdhite/ligatures/ligatures.htm . info here on the hite lig. i can tell you tho that like most things-the originals made when hite was alive are better than the current production , these are also legere friendly! i use one on bass clarinet. gives freeblowing feel of a rovner with the sound ringing quality of a bonade regular non inverted
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2024-01-08 02:09
Hey let's focus guys!!!!
If any of you are friends with surviving relatives or have any information on David Hite's professional archived work, please see if this information is available and if it would be publishable. I do recall when David was doing the clarinet-fest circuit, his daughter was helping him at his booth. I believe the last address I had for him was in Pensacola.
Thank you!
..................Paul Aviles
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Author: smokindok
Date: 2024-01-08 03:04
lydian wrote:
> So you’re looking for the Hite measurements, not length or
> width.
:-/
:-) :-) :-) :-D
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Author: lydian
Date: 2024-01-08 03:51
Pretty certain this is his son Chris. Maybe you could reach out to him on Facebook:
chris.hite.9028
Post Edited (2024-01-09 00:56)
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2024-01-08 05:18
Gosh, thanks for the research! I may have been wrong about Hite's last living address. It may have been Opa-Locka (just on the other side of the peninsula).
I will reach out to Chris.
...............Paul Aviles
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