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Re: "larry combs" mouthpiece

Author: Aaron
Date: 2007-02-26 17:56

bufclar wrote:
"As I understand it,

Mr. Combs and Mrs. Derouche worked with Mr. Grabner to develop the mouthpiece. I believe it is a mouthpiece that is available to their students. Instead of the Depaul students mail ordering mouthpieces from Richard Hawkins with varrying results, now they can drive to Mr. Grabners and try them out in person. It seems to me that the mouthpiece is a product of convenience."

No, that's not the case. Hawkins is still very much the mouthpiece of choice here at DePaul, but Mr. Grabner will be coming in some time over the next couple weeks to bring his new mouthpiece for both students and faculty to test. I don't believe that very many (if any) students have tried his new mouthpiece.

In regards to convenience, Mr. Hawkins sends several batches of mouthpieces a year for students to try and purchase. He himself was just here a couple weeks ago as a guest in our studio class, and after the class he was available to students for mouthpiece adjustments. He also brought another batch of mouthpieces for us to sample. I had him adjust my newish mouthpiece (RH Standard) slightly and he did a fantastic job.

If anyone is interested in hearing about Grabner's new mouthpieces, I can write mine and my fellow students' impressions when Mr. Grabner visits.

Aaron

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