Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2020-11-21 13:19
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David, Thomann has one Wurlitzer bass clarinet mouthpiece with the M4* facing for sale, for 327,- Euro. If yours was sold new and not used and for a similar price, I would believe it was original - but if it was a lot cheaper, maybe not. At Thomann the material is stated as plastic (and also as "highly tensioned plastic", whatever that is).
Paul, interesting to hear about the Chicago Symphony and the orange colored hard rubber mouthpieces. Originally I also chose one of those with my Reform Boehm's, with the M4 facing. It's indeed hard rubber, but another black one with the same facing I got at the same time is acrylic. A couple of years later I purchased a black hard rubber M5+ mouthpiece, but after that only acrylic ones has been available.
As I remember, when I tried out the orange one, Bernd Wurlitzer said that he thinks there is also some metal in it. So, apparently he wasn't sure but if that was correct, I for my part have no idea about where or in which form that metal is positioned inside the mouthpiece.
Currently I have five Wurlitzer mouthpieces and interestingly the weight of the orange one is 36.87 g, the black hard rubber one is 25.51 g and the rest all acrylic ones are 26.36-26.89 g (including a N1 and 3CS facing). I didn't expect the "pure" hard rubber one to be lighter than the acrylic ones, so this was a surprise.
Unlike my experience with no detectable tonal difference between the Maxton acrylic and Gerold hard rubber mouthpieces related above, the orange M4 always felt superior to its acrylic counterpart - but can't say if it's the rubber, the supposed metal or what.
The attachment shows my "collection" of Wurlitzer mouthpieces, including the orange/reddish one.
Post Edited (2020-11-25 23:01)
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