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Broken Mouthpiece, Broken Heart

Author: Bluesparkle
Date: 2009-01-05 02:26

Back in 1983, my high school band director helped me purchase a custom Charles Bay mouthpiece to go with my then brand new R-13. Took me all the way through high school and college. Band competitions, solo & ensemble, football games, bowl games, presidential inaugurations (George Bush #1).

Was so proud when my son took up the clarinet 3 years ago. Last year, when he was in 8th grade his clarinet case didn't latch, and went spilling onto the floor, along with my custom made Charles Bay mouthpiece that I had lent him. I didn't know how attached I had become until I saw it lying useless, broken and forever silent on the kitchen counter.

Now chipped at the tip, it is unusable. On the side it is hand engraved with the numbers MO-M (K-C-14) P314P. Can anyone interpret this? Is there a mouthpiece on the market that might be similar or the same? I hear it's hard getting in touch with the Bay organization now.

I have started playing again with the local community orchestra, and at church. Now using a Vandoren M-15, which seems a little easier to blow and articulate, but I think I may have sounded better on the Bay.

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