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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2020-03-01 22:34
To clarinetists in the USA one of the most elusive of known mouthpiece makers has been the Italian Licostini. His mouthpieces turn up in Europe in an ever changing, perhaps bewildering variety of model names never further described in measurement or playing characteristics, and he evidently has no American distributor and is hard to reach on line. But at last, Howarth of London has put up a couple of pages that list some Howarth models with facing measurements and a brief description of their intended tonal characteristics. There are some models they do not include in the list (such as the A1 model Licostini designed with Francois Benda) but what they do show is the first comprehensible information I've seen on the Licostini line.
https://howarth.uk.com/pic.aspx?vid=263714.
The models listed are RS, RG, FDC, FS, G5HR, G5L. G5H, and LN, all made of a "technopolymer similar to hard rubber." Has anyone on this list had experience trying or playing any of these? From the description, I'd surmise that the RS model would be most to my liking.
Howarth has a separate page listing a more expensive model of Licostini, the "Brass" model. Does this model somehow incorporate brass metal into the material of the mouthpiece? In the photo it looks like black rubber.
https://howarth.uk.com/pic.aspx?vid=261260.
Post Edited (2020-03-02 02:36)
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Finally, some information about Licostini mouthpiece models new |
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