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Author: Vaughn Stroheim
Date: 2002-12-11 04:03
Recently there have been several vintage metal clarinet mouthpieces on ebay. Old New York Meyers and Otto Links,all with the slide-on ligitures. Has anyone played on this type of mouthpiece? It seems it would be brash or harsh on clarinet.But then metal sax pieces can sound warm in the right hands. I know G. Sugal makes a metal Cl. piece and it was terrible.
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Author: Terry Horlick
Date: 2002-12-11 04:50
The one I got on a clarinet I bought recently plays ok. Not as warm and nice as my Greg Smith but about like my daughter's VanDoren b45. It blows pretty freely.
<a href="http://pages.sbcglobal.net/thorlick/images/mp.jpg" target="_blank">metal mouthpiece photo</a>
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2002-12-11 11:40
The material has less influence on the sound than you may think.
There is a seminal text on this sort of thing written by Arthur Benade that may be illuminating.
Drop Chris Hill, Dave Spiegelthal, Jon Van Wie or Clark Fobes a line on the subject, to find out what the common thread may be.
It's about the way the reed behaves, and these surfaces are much the same for reflecting sound.
*Send out the hounds!*
Heresy though this may be...
The nice thing about metal mouthpieces is their tendency to hold a consistent shape over time, same with crystal mouthpieces.
The down side is their high specific heat - they feel radically colder or warmer than hard rubber or plastic on a given day.
Terry knows his stuff... if these things are expensive, it's because of collectors - not necessarily because they play well.
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Author: Douglas
Date: 2002-12-11 12:16
Goldbeck and Co., for whom both Frank Kaspars worked, made silver and gold lined mouthpieces which were very popular in the 20's, 30's. Frank L. Kaspar later made some on his own. I believe Rick Sayre in Lombard, IL still makes some of these. David Glazer, well known New York clarinet soloist and member of the New York Woodwind Quintet used a silver lined Goldbeck.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-12-11 15:38
In his Menuhin series book The Clarinet, Jack Brymer writes about the evolution of his mouthpiece over the years, starting as pure rubber and ending with an inlaid silver facing.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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