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Author: kev182
Date: 2013-02-08 03:55
Hello,
I was just wondering how people that are interested in vintage mouthpieces go about finding them. Not just the Cheds, Kaspers, Lelandais etc.. but old mouthpieces that can be used as blanks, penzel mueller, woodwind co, vito etc... Scanning Ebay is an option, but does anyone else search differently?
Thanks!
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2013-02-08 15:29
All of my vintage mouthpieces worth keeping were in the cases with vintage clarinets I bought used (generally at flea markets, yard sales and junktiques stores). In those types of markets, the mouthpieces I've seen for sale separately from the instruments weren't worth buying. Either the beaks were badly damaged or else they were commonplace student plastic types (mostly Bundies) that aren't on my need or want lists. Even the tougher plastic student mouthpieces were often damaged.
When the mouthpieces somehow get separated from their clarinet context, the dealers apparently don't know what the mouthpieces are (or maybe assume they're hard plastic, like the plastic on screwdriver handles) and dump them without any protection into bins marked "$5 each" or some such cheap price. Mixed in with other "miscellaneous" such as costume jewelry and small tools, hard rubber clarinet mouthpieces break. Sad to see a good old hard rubber mouthpiece with the tip cracked off, but alas....
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2013-02-08 15:48
I agree with Lelia; the most efficient way to acquire vintage mouthpieces is to purchase vintage clarinets. I acquired all of my vintage mouthpieces that way.
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2013-02-09 07:27
My favorite Chedeville-blank mouthpiece was stashed in the case of a Moennig Bros. metal clarinet that I received as a gift. It's the oldest of the four Chedevilles I have in my collection, and is by far the best one.
I've provided my sister, who often goes to flea markets and thrift stores, a list of instruments and mouthpieces to be on the lookout for. She has already scored some incredible finds for me.
I've bought a couple of other gems from Clarinuts.com, which still has a few vintage pieces for sale.
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Author: Bill
Date: 2013-02-09 11:32
Yes ... mostly in the cases of old clarinets. I once went to a music store near Crystal City, Virginia ...1993 or so. I asked to see his second-hand mouthpieces. He had mostly 60s-era Selmers, and a few were significantly more expensive than the others. "Those were refaced by Kaspar" he kept saying. I didn't know who "Kaspar" was. Then.
Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)
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