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Author: Molloy
Date: 2010-01-07 00:30
I have a couple of vintage Tonalin mouthpieces, one 34XXX, one 59XXX. Does anybody here use an old Tonalin? What reeds are suitable? I've tried out what I have around (Vandoren, Gonzalez, Rico, Rigotti) and am not getting great results.
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Author: kdk
Date: 2010-01-07 00:51
Molloy wrote:
> ... and am not getting great results.
Maybe they're not great mouthpieces. Are the original facings intact?
Karl
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Author: jbutler ★2017
Date: 2010-01-07 02:29
Some of the "older" Brilhart Tonalin's were really pretty good mouthpieces. I will admit that they are very spotty. Two mouthpieces of the same facing varied more than other brands. I don't know of anyone that uses one of these mouthpieces as their #1 mouthpiece, but I did have an old Selmer BT clarinet at one time that played very nicely with one of these. I believe I was using a standard VanDoren reed with it at the time in a #3 strength.
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Author: Molloy
Date: 2010-01-07 18:14
[Are the original facings intact?] Yes, I'm pretty sure they are.
[Maybe they're not great mouthpieces.] That's certainly a possibility. Based on the prices they command, though, there must be some folks who think they are great.
I've had mouthpieces that I thought were crap until I found the right reed for them and discovered they were wonderful. I'm hoping that's what'll happen with these Tonalins.
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