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 Re: Clarinet mouthpiece blanks?
Author: JTJC 
Date:   2020-03-11 20:49

Under a separate thread ‘Walter Grabner's new Hi-Tech material’, I noted the apparent lack of hand finishing on the 5 samples of Walter’s new mouthpieces that I’d seen at Howarth in London. My assumption was that the lack of any disturbance to the pattern covering the lay (in particular) indicated it hadn’t been adjusted by the traditional methods of abrasive paper etc. It seems to me that if the surface of these mouthpieces was touched in any way it was bound to affect the surface pattern as the pattern appears very regular and delicate. I also noted that the apparent lack of hand finishing suggested machining was producing results to the required accuracy and finish. Walter’s response to the former point was :

“In terms of finishing the facing curve, that is another matter. I do only enough hand finishing to get the response and tone that I want. No more, no less. The easiest way to make mediocre mouthpieces is to hand finish too much and try to make every single mouthpiece the same.”

I would think traditional methods of hand finishing are bound to leave marks on the type of finish on these mouthpieces. That is an assumption. The material might be like a stick of seaside rock, slice a bit off and it looks exactly the same. However, we don’t know what type of techniques Walter is using to adjust these mouthpieces. For example, very localised heat, cold or pressure might be applied and these might not necessarily affect the surface texture/pattern. This is a new material most, if not all of us are unfamiliar with so few will know it’s properties or how it might be manipulated/adjusted. However, on at least one of the mouthpieces I saw the surface pattern was disturbed on part of one rail. I took that to be some evidence of more traditional adjustment, but I could be wrong.
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