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Re: Frank L. Kaspar & Frank Kaspar

Author: Chetclarinet
Date: 2009-09-24 23:16

I regularly perform professionally on Chicago mouthpieces made by the younger Frank Kaspar, not Frank L. Kaspar. I have clearly seen a good number of Chicago mouthpieces made by both Kaspars and are clearly labeled as such. The younger Frank made Chicago mouthpieces for a good while even when the older Frank retired to Ann Arbor, Mich. , as the older Frank L. retired in 1951 to Ann Arbor, and the younger Frank moved from Chicago to Cicero in the early 1960's. The younger Frank worked with the older Frank L. at the Frank Kaspar Co. for many years and both made mouthpieces there, clearly labeled. It is interesting to note that the oldest Chicago mouthpieces of Frank Kaspar had a bottom logo on the back, and the "newer' ones--made in the 1950'-60's had the logo on the middle of the back. The younger Frank also made some fine mouthpieces for Robert Lindeman, principal clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony during the late 1940's. Instead of numbers to the left side of the table, the Lindeman mouthpieces had an L written to the left of the table.

Post Edited (2009-09-24 23:20)

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