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RE: alto mouthpeice again

Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-09-29 15:22

Eugene -

There's enormous swample-to-sample variation among machine-made mouthpieces, such as Selmer and Vandoren. Your chances of getting a really good one simply by ordering it is practically nil.

I'm pretty sure Clark Fobes and David Hite make alto mouthpieces. Walter Graebner and Roget Garrett rework Selmer and Vandoren bass mouthpieces, so one of them may be willing to do an alto mouthpiece for you. Your total to get a new Fobes or Hite, or a new Selmer/Vandoren and having it refaced, will be around $200.
It's worth every penny if you're serious about the the alto. You only buy it once, and you get the pleasure of playing well for years and years.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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