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Maccafferi Mouthpiece

Author: Gerry
Date: 2002-08-23 18:06

I am a senior who has decided to pick up the clarinet again after many, many years. I can still play some simple tunes but have to get to work on the scales and exercises again. I have a mouthpiece that I must have had about 50 years. It is a Maccafferri white nylon mouthpiece with an integrated Ligature which is actually a clamp which slides in two groves on the bottom of the MP with a plate that closes on the reed with two thumbscrews. It has a lovely mellow sound, albeit it bit harder to blow that the standard Buffet MP on my R13. I must have bought it at a time when I wanted a white mouthpiece and couldn't afford a Brilhart.

I haven't seen any of these mouthpieces around and was wondering if anyone knew anything about them. Regardless, I will keep it since I do like it. Just curious though.

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RE: Maccafferi Mouthpiece

Author: GBK
Date: 2002-08-23 23:37

Gerry...Here is a very complete (and quite informative) article/biography of the guitarist/woodwind product developer/plastics innovator, Mario Maccaferri. This should give you some history as to the origin of the Maccaferri mouthpiece you own:

http://www.lutherie.net/mario_en.html ...GBK

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RE: Maccafferi Mouthpiece

Author: Gerry
Date: 2002-08-26 12:45

Thanks for the help. Very interesting Bio. The more I look at this BB, the more I realize how little I know. All very fascinating and giving me some incentive to try to play again.

Thanks again,

Gerry.

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RE: Maccafferi Mouthpiece

Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2002-08-26 19:44

A couple of years ago I refaced a Maccaferri white nylon alto sax mouthpiece a young lady sent me --- it was actually a pretty neat piece, and with just a bit of work it played great. I've been tempted to pick one up myself from time to time, but given what I know from engineering about nylon's properties (high moisture absorption, tremendous elasticity, susceptibility to mechanical damage such as scratching and gouging) I always talk myself out of it.

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