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Re: Brilhart Tonalin 3* Clarinet Mouthpiece for Buffet RC Bb Clarinet?

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2016-10-30 06:15

He worked at Rico for a number of years, kind of interesting, we were hired on the same day! He designed the Rico mouthpieces with the raised rails that really never played very well and were then discontinued. But it wasn't really his fault. The molder was to blame.

We both left Rico about the same time and he passed away at 93. Lived a great life. As a performer he made a lot of money. Because of his molding experience it is said by him that he made the plastic molding device that triggered the "A" bomb to go off before the bomb hit the ground; thus causing the bomb molded device he made to trigger at a given point before impact.

I think the key to his mouthpieces were consistency. He also made a molded saxophone! A one of a kind. Who knows what happened to it after he passed away. He did have a living brother.

I cannot say we were great friends, but we had lunch often and dinner a few times, but the age difference was a lot. I was 24 when hired, he was a young 71 year old.

Hope this helps explain why you still see his mouthpieces around since the 1940's.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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