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Re: brilhart ebolin MPCs

Author: chris moffatt
Date: 2015-03-01 02:25

Theo Wanne has some info on his site (www.theowanne.com/knowledge) about mostly Brilhart sax mpcs. I have a number of Brilhart mpcs. The best are the ones with Great Neck or Carlsbad serial numbers - these mostly have bite plates. But they are all individual no two exactly the same no matter what the lay number is. I guess back in the day QC was a bit more hit & miss. AFAIK the plastic material was something like Dupont Lucite with black or white coloting agents added (or not in the case of the tonalites). There are also Brilhart hard rubber mpcs, the supposed top of the line personalines, a classical style mpc and a line of true beginner mpcs with the name Nilo Hovey on them - these are mostly what keep turning up on that auction site. I don't remember when Brilhart stopped putting serial numbers on his mpcs but AFAIK none of the Selmer made ones - which are not of the same musical quality - have a number. Early mpcs can be excellent - I use a Great Neck 2 with a Conn improved Albert and an Adler german system

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