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Zinner shutting down

Author: J. J.
Date: 2018-05-03 07:30

I know there's been some discussion about this on the B40 thread, but I thought it deserved it's own thread. Last week, Clark Fobes announced that Hans Zinner and his brother are retiring. As of now, I don't know of any plans for anyone to buy or continue the business. I'm not sure what proprietary value there is in the business. They didn't manufacture the rubber blanks, so overhead could be relatively small.

I personally don't care in terms of what this means for Bb clarinet mouthpieces. But many makers still rely on their blanks at least for some of their product lines. I could see this being devastating for Bass, Eb and Alto mouthpieces, though, because fewer premium blanks have risen to the fore for those members of the family.

What do you all think?

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