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Re: Kaspar, Chedeville and Zinner mouthpiece

Author: Keith P
Date: 2008-06-05 02:57

In a nutshell:

Chedeville mouthpieces (the more sought after vintage; these mouthpiecs are not made anymore) tends to be a vibrant focused sound, find a recording of Harold Wright for a perfect example of an ideal "chedeville" sound. These are made from very old vintage rubber which most believe (including myself) gives them their unique sound and way of playing (with the appropriate facing of course).

Kaspars are also vintage mouthpieces and some of these were made by the same material that the rare chedevilles were and are also not made anymore, but tend to have a "deeper" sound (by deeper, more lows in the tone). Get a recording of Robert Marcellus for an ideal "Kaspar" sound.

Zinner mouthpieces are the blanks many of your custom mouthpiece craftsmen use and are manufactured today in two main blanks: "E" and "A", with varying baffles and chambers (at least this is to my understanding). According to Mr. Brad Behn's post on vintage mouthpieces in the keeper section, unless I misread, the rubber is made by the New York Hamburg company, the same people who produce the rubber for the Vandoren mouthpieces. These are very fine mouthpieces especially when you get a good facing on them and by all means are professional quality. These, in relation to the Kaspar's and Chedevilles, lack the resonance that these older mouthpieces have, at least in my opinion (although this is a subtle difference). Depending on the facing these can sound like either Chedeville or Kaspar, but again, without the resonance.

All of these are excellent mouthpieces which can be used for anything really in the Orchestral or Chamber music scene, although my teacher uses his chedeville to play jazz as well as whenever he is called to play for the symphony or chamber music.

This is the best way I can describe the difference to my understanding, although there are a lot more people on this board with better knowledge of mouthpieces than me, so if I have made an error please correct me =).

Hope this helps!

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