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Re: Glotin Chedeville Mouthpieces/Why the high price?

Author: sfalexi
Date: 2004-03-07 21:10

The glotin mouthpiece IS very expensive. They market it as pretty much the closest you can get to the old chedeville material. Last I saw it was around 300 dollars.

As for the old kaspars and chedevilles you find on Ebay, those are also very expensive. And you're paying for a mouthpiece that you've never played, don't even KNOW if you'll like. Yes they have a great history and regarded as excellent mouthpieces, but keep in mind that there are PLENTY (and I mean PLENTY) of pros that don't [play on vintage kaspars and chedevilles. My instructor owns a vintage kaspar and admits that while it's good, it's not the best in his collection and he can't see the reason for the price.

My recommendation, if you want a very good chedeville or kaspar mouthpiece, is to check out Greg Smith's mouthpieces (he is a sponsor on the BBoard and you can find his link to the right under "Mouthpieces & Barrels"). I had a good mouthpiece. And I tried his mouthpieces and was VERY surprised at the difference in sound and how much better than my old one it was! I now play one and am very happy with it (if you do a search on them on the BBoard you'll find MANY satisfied customers). A great person to deal with and he'll help you find the right one for you!

If you really truly want a vintage chedeville or kaspar, keep in mind that the facing may not suit you and you may have to end up sending it to someone to have it refaced anyway. So total cost, lets say 300 for the mouthpiece, between 30 - 100 refacing (depending on who you send it to). Or you can try greg smith mouthpieces for the cost of shipping, and if you happen to like one, keep it and the total cost will be somewhere right around 200 dollars.

Good luck.

Alexi

PS - I do know that Greg's mouthpieces aren't the ONLY top quality mouthpieces, but if you're so interested in a chedeville or kaspar, his are regarded as some of the finest chedeville/kaspar copies out there right now.

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