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Re: brilhart ebolin MPCs

Author: afmdoclaw
Date: 2015-02-28 22:08

Brilhart made professional mouthpieces in his day that were played for years by many great pro's. My teacher Hal Tennyson (RIP) was a GREAT musician. Played with the best-- Teagarden Glenn Miller etc etc. He used a Tonalin on alto and a Ebolin on clarinet (beautiful tone). My first mpcs were a Tonalin on alto and then a Personoline for years before buying a Meyer in college. These mpcs play great on old horns like Conn 6m alto (ala Med Flory (RIP) of the Grammy winning Supersax founder in the late 70's). Love my Tonalin with my 6M.

THE BEST EXAMPLE of how a Brilhart mpc can sound with a modern player- Grammy nominated BRAD LEALI-- professor of saxophone at the University of North Texas (still NTSU to me). Leali has a phenomenal tone!!! He was lead for Harry Connick, Basie and other NYC bands. I first saw/heard him in person with the legendary Jerry Dodgion at an IAJE in NYC--- wow. The cats I was sitting with (Julliard grad woodwind Broadway pit musicians) were equally impressed with his sound.I wonder how many NTSU sax students play a Brilhart now.
And don't forget Gene Ammons--- HUGE tenor tone.
Plastic mouthpieces are lively mpcs. The Runyon 22 is only $28.00 and a refacer can make it really sing for less than a hundred bucks.
BTW -- the Mark VI is not a fad and is still the best tenor -- worth the $$. Of course I bought my "64 VI for $600.00 in 1968 --- still love it.

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