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Re: Two questions from someone who should know better

Author: Bill
Date: 2019-02-13 18:03

Luuk wrote:

> What is meant by 'plastic'? Bakelite was patented in 1909.
> Development of thermoplastics started in 1930s...
>

Right. Sorry. OK, so I got a Meliphone clarinet mouthpiece with the "Meliphone" etc. in a dotted circle at the back bottom of the mouthpiece, the type of signage that indicates a mouthpiece from the 20s/30s but certainly no later than 1940s.

It just can't be hard rubber. The mouthpiece shines like it is wet. Perhaps it is bakelite, which would certainly fit the Meliphone era.

I was just surprised that these coveted old Meliphones (the ones with "MELIPHONE" in all caps are the most desirable for collectors, rather than what I have) would be anything other than hard rubber (or wood).

Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)

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