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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2002-09-20 03:22
Try this all you BC folk:
Frank L. Kaspar 16 Bass Clarinet Mouthpiece
Item # 907619030
It's only up to $455 right now. Hurry and bid.
Bob A
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Author: S.J.
Date: 2002-09-20 04:16
The prices of certain "vintage" mouthpieces are getting ridiculous. Why are people spending this kind of cash on a sight unseen, never tested piece? I just don't get it. Are they buying them just to turn around and list them on ebay again? No mouthpiece is worth $500.00!
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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2002-09-20 04:46
You'r right S.J., go on be a sport and push it up to $499 to see if it goes.
Bob A
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Author: BG
Date: 2002-09-20 04:59
Unfortunately for me, I had one just like it and, so far, it is the only mouthpiece I have ever dropped and broken. I remember it well, as I just sat there for several minutes in total disbelief! However, I don't plan on replacing it at these current prices.
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2002-09-20 13:54
Why are these things so revered? Pardon my ignorance on this matter, but I was on the clarinet sidelines for years, and now that I'm back in the game, I see people genuflecting whenever Kaspar and Chedeville are mentioned.
Did they come with a free salad shooter or something?
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2002-09-20 15:19
I've owned several of these prized Kaspars (although not a bass clarinet mouthpiece), and loved every one of them. However, when I sold them to people for anywhere from $350 for a broken one to $675.00 for a lovely Cicero 13, I was happy to pocket the cash and move on with my life. They are excellent mouthpieces, and some of them are exceptional. They do get a lot of "hype." In my opinion, Greg Smith makes just as good a mouthpiece for a lot less money and he is available (and alive) to service any problems and customize for your needs.
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2002-09-20 16:42
Is a '57 Chevy worth three times as much as a new car? To some people it is, even though the cheapest Korean new car actually drives ten times better than the old Chevy ever did. Value and functionality are frequently not related.
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Author: Sandra F. H.
Date: 2002-09-21 01:27
For someone who wants one of these items, and price is not a problem, hooray! I do love my Greg Smith mouthpieces...
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Author: michael
Date: 2002-09-22 08:40
Why keep arguing? Those who want a kaspar will buy one for the same reason that people who favor Charles Bay and Greg Smith and Genusa and every other custom mouthpiece maker and so on and so on pay what they pay.............
Why purchase a Leblanc opus II with redesigned keywork when a regular R13 in the hands of an accomplished player would be just as good? My point is that there is a lot of good equipment out there, some overpriced, and some that is more affordable. However, if one wants something like a Kaspar bass clarinet mouthpiece (which, in my opinion, are the best on the market next to a good Clark Fobes) then why not try it? To each his own. If you don't like it, it will most likely still sell back for almost what you would pay for it on Ebay (if not the same or more in some instances).
Why so much animosity for equipment that has been proven to be very good? I have friend who has played on the same two kaspars for 30 years while one of his colleagues who "refused to buy a hand-made mouthpiece" has gone through about 20+vandorens and 15 other variant mouthpieces in the same amount of time. If we're talking money, tell me, who has (and continues to) spend more?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-09-23 01:19
Bob Arney wrote:
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> It's up to $560. Old P.T. was right
Why so? Just because you wouldn't pay that much doesn't mean it's not worth that much ... I wouldn't pay 25K for a restored '57 Chevy, either, but they sell for that amount.
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2002-09-23 18:29
I've discovered some rare Roseville pottery among my mother-in-law's estate. Some of that stuff sells for the upper hundreds and even into the thousands of dollars to collectors. I doubt she had any of the really valuable ones, but to a collector looking for a certain piece---like clarinet players looking for the perfect mouthpiece--some are willing to shell out big bucks. I'll probably be able to afford to buy some new clarinet stuff with what some pottery collector will pay for that stuff. No '57 Chevy in her estate, however. Too bad.
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