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List updated 16. May 2012 Recent changes in red For questions or pictures, telephone +45-48 18 45 74 or send an email to: donotto"AT"oncable.dk Please substitute "AT" with @ when mailing me Tip openings have been measured with a Digital Tip Opening Gauge from Theo Wanne. Unless stated otherwise, the mouthpieces are used and are sold without ligature and cap. Mouthpieces will be shipped from Denmark. Sales are private meaning that returns are not accepted unless agreed upon on beforehand. Mouthpieces are sold as is. Therefore, please ask all questions before buying. |
| Amati |
Metal |
.082" |
95€ |
Classic
Super 210/2. This is one well-preserved secret. A fantastic player. |
| Bari |
HR |
.085" | 35€ | New Dkota "6" |
| Charles
Bay |
HR |
.075" | 95€ | Charles Bay "5E"s/n 04/472 "Adams Thorn". Has a strong and forceful sound, good egality. (Adams Thorn refers to the Dutch shop Muziekcentrale Adams in Thorn for which is was made) |
| Beechler |
HR
? |
.067" |
€95 |
Remlé. s/n 576. Opening (?) 3-7. Black with white bite plate like black ARB Arbex. Factory installed metal ring round shank. Medium chamber with straight side walls like Brilhart. Lovely clear sound, not as bright as the diamond Beechlers. Very easy altissimo. (Remle is Elmer spelled backwards. This is probably the first model made by Elmer Beechler alone, after his cooperation with Arnold Brilhart on the ARB mouthpiece line. Very rare mouthpiece.) |
| Beechler |
HR
? |
.075" |
55€ | Diamond bite plate, M5S (Plastic ?) Medium chamber, Short facing |
| Beechler |
HR
? |
.085" |
€55 |
Diamond bite plate, M6S (Plastic
?) Medium chamber, Short facing |
| Beechler |
HR
? |
.083" |
55€ | Diamond bite plate, M6L (Plastic ?) Medium chamber, Long facing. This one is new, only playtested |
| Berg
Larsen |
Metal |
.080" |
135€ | 80/2/SMS Stainless Steel. Medium step-baffle. Duck bill. Sidewise arced milling marks on table. Warm and full sound |
| Berg Larsen | HR |
.075" |
190€ | "75"
Slant signature. This is
one of the very early Berg Larsen, with no indication of chamber size
or facing length. Bullet chamber and curved straight sidewalls in
the chamber.Has a strong and bright sound. Sold |
| Berg Larsen | HR |
.095" |
135€ | 100/2/SMS (offset) Scoop bill. Bullet Chamber, Orig. Lig & cap and box, Powerful, easy playing, warm, powerhouse. |
| Berg Larsen | HR |
.090" |
135€ | 95/2/SMS Original ligature with knurled knobs. Well playing. Bright in the upper register |
| Berg Larsen | HR |
.090" |
95€ | 95/2/M Plays well with the typical macho Berg-sound |
| Berg Larsen | HR |
.123" |
95€ | 120/0/M (offset). Bullet chamber and straight side walls. I am probably not the right person to test this 'cause I normally play on a .070 opening, but with a Java #2, I got a very strongbuzzing tone with edge |
| Bill
Street |
HR |
.074" |
135€ | "by Bill Street" 5+J This mouthpiece has belonged to Lee Konitz who gave it to a well known Danish altoist in 1989 when they were touring together in Denmark. It actually has thatdry Konitz-sound. It has a more slender body than average alto pieces. |
| Bill
Street |
HR |
.078" |
95€ | "by
Bill Street" After playing
the 5+J, I could not resist buying this mouthpiece when it came up for
sale. And I wasn't disappointed. Bill Street makes some
extraordinary mouthpieces. This is a different blank. External
dimensions like standard alto
pieces, with a zink metal shank. Larger chamber |
| Brilhart |
Plastic |
.085" |
95€ |
White
ARB (not
marked) Great Neck Original 6*. Another great player from the hands of
Arnold Brilhart and Elmer Beechler. With original ARB
marked box. Smokey sound. |
| Brilhart | Plastic |
.075" |
135€ |
Ebolin
Great Neck 3* (on table). Serial number 40307. As new, but faint
possible crack in shaft |
| Brilhart | Plastic |
.080" |
135€ |
Ebolin
Great Neck 3* (on table). Serial number 75410. Big, full sound. May
have been opened slightly. If so, this was very well done |
| Brilhart |
Plastic |
.065" |
€135 |
Ebolin Great Neck, 3 (on table). Serial 82413. Like new. Damage to bite plate has been repaired. Reserved |
| Brilhart | Plastic | .075" |
55€ |
Ebolin
3* This is the model that Maceo Parker plays. Modern model without
serial number. Like new |
| Brilhart | Plastic | .060" |
55€ |
Ebolin 3* This is the model that Maceo Parker plays. Modern model without serial number. Like new |
| Brilhart |
Plastic |
.080" |
€55 |
Ebolin 7 Serial Number 184789. 7 was the largest tip in the Brilhart range and these are not seen often. |
| Brilhart | Plastic | .075" |
190€ |
Personaline
(B) S5, s/n 11535, This is one of the early ones where the word Personaline is written in slant on
the mouthpiece. Good player. |
| Buescher |
HR |
.080" |
55€ |
The
Buescher Elkhart Ind. "Eb". Wonderful round tone. Very narrow shaft. |
| Claude
Lakey |
HR |
.080 |
65€ |
Claude
Lakey "Jazz "4x4" Straight sidewalls. Strong and bright sound. Good for
lead and funk |
| Dukoff |
Metal |
.075" |
€195 |
Silverite Miami Florida, D5
Adjusted to perfection by Mojo who lengthened the facing to facilitate
low notes. Polished to silver-look. Good player. Bright upper register
and easy altissimo like all Dukoff's. Thought I would use it for funk,
but cannot get used to metal mouthpieces, so this must go. |
| Greg
Wier |
HR |
.075" |
135€ |
GW
New York Meyer copy 6M Good playing piece with more brightness in the
upper register than a genuine NY USA Meyer (Like most NY Meyer copies) |
| JAWO
(Extremely rare) |
Plastic |
.070" |
95€ |
Jawo
"4", Orange with transparent bite plate. Bullet chamber. Very
good mouthpiece. Plays like a good Berg. Jawo is an abbreviation for
Jacob Wohlhausen, an instrument company in Markneukirchen. Sold |
| Lelandais |
HR |
.070" |
95€ |
"Le
Jaseur" # III. This is one of the prettiest mouthpieces I have seen.
Slender, fluted body and silver coated shank. Needs a soprano-sized
ligature. Large chamber with straight side walls and thin-walled
material. The sound is soft and quiet. Optimal for classical music. |
| Lelandais |
HR |
.060" |
55€ |
Just
marked Lelandais and #7 |
| Meliphone |
HR |
.062" |
TBA |
Meliphone Special K5
Steel Ebonite. Chamber with straight side walls like a Brilhart. Small
baffle. Metal (silver?) ring round shank. Shank narrow on neck.
Probably made in the 'twenties. |
| Meyer |
HR |
.075" |
80€ |
6M
Medium Chamber. Made in USA. Modern hand-selected Meyer. Good player
with a clear clarinet-like tone. |
| Noblet |
HR |
.067" |
€95 |
Noblet N3 Drop shape.
Slimline, needs a clarinet ligture. Quiet beautiful sound, velvet-like
but with a clear core. Esay to blow. Not suited for lead alto, but
could be fine
for West Coast jazz. |
| No Name |
HR |
.066" |
€95 |
Berg Larsen (copy?). Collectors see here. Has belonged to Östen Warnerbring
who left it on an old sax in Copenhagen's famous Jazz House Montmartre.
Has a typical bright Berg-sound. No name or number to be found. Good
for lead alto. Four week trial is possible. |
| Otto
Link |
Metal |
.050" |
€140 |
Very, very vintage "Master Link" 3
s/n T 41. Gold plaing partly worn off. Large chamber and very small
tip. Fascinating quiet, but singing tone. Easy playing from top to
bottom with a #4 reed. Needs quite some air to get loud. |
| Otto
Link |
HR |
.075" |
€125 |
Tone Edge 6. Round chamber. I no longer believe that it is a "Late Early Babbitt "Fat
body" Small U.S.A." as described here. It is, however, still a good player with a quiet sound. Soft and tenor like. Mint condition in original box. Price reduced. |
| Otto Link |
HR |
.073" |
€165 |
Tone Edge 6. All measurements fit with "Late Early Babbitt "Fat
body" Small U.S.A." described here.
Round chamber. Baffle is longer and not so high as the one above. This
has been used by Danish professional for small group work. Has a
surprisingly warm, fat and full sound. Very easy to play. |
| P.Gemeinhardt |
Metal |
.056" |
40€ |
Chrome
plated. #2 |
| Peter
Ponzol |
HR |
.080" |
95€ |
"SUPER"
80. Aluminium ring around shank. Long and high step baffle.
HR-material greyed with time. Slim shape. Needs a soprano ligature. Not
as bright as expected, but has a pronounced edge to the sound. |
| Riffault |
HR |
.065" |
55€ |
Steelite
Ebonite R5 |
| Rovner |
Plastic |
.092" |
75€ |
Wilkerson
"Traditional"Very unusual long
window,
A very full and forceful sound. Requires some effort to blow. Good for
lead. "Poor man's Jody Jazz DV". Rovner has apparently discontinued
their mouthpiece line so these rare pieces will become impossible to
find when stocks are exhausted. |
| Runyon |
Plastic |
.073" |
110€ |
"SR"
#5 Black plastic. Modern Runyon facing applied to a vintage Runyon
blank. The dark sound of be-bop from the '50's. |
| Selmer |
HR |
.060" |
95€ |
Magnitone
M20. The logo indicates that it is an American Selmer piece. Very good
hard rubber, olive coloured except where the ligature has been.
Has a good warm sound. Well suited for classical music. |
| Selmer |
HR |
.071" |
165€ |
Air Flow. (Not marked) C** in lengthwise oval on the table. Scroll shank. Round chamber. Typical for early Selmer, the shank is larger than other mouthpieces. Easy to play. Lovely sound. In my ears, these sound better than the short shank Soloists. Small nick in left side rail 15 mm from the tip. Does not reach inside of rail and the piece plays with no problems. |
| Selmer |
HR |
.066" |
€165 |
Air Flow (not marked) C* in oval across on the table. Scroll shank. Round chamber. Lovely pure sound, well suited for classical. |
| Selmer |
HR |
.065" |
165€ |
Long shank Soloist C* (on table). Very
good player. Jazzy sound. |
| Selmer |
HR |
.075" |
€55 |
S80 "E" Mint condition. Relatively quiet
sound. |
| Sondray |
Metal |
.033" |
55€ |
"2"
Very peculiar, short piece Hard Rubber with metal tip and table.
Original screw-on ligature and "deep-V" cap. Very small tip opening.
Collectors item. |
| SR
Technologies |
HR |
.085" |
190€ |
L85. Serial number: S7n ALR#329 With original box. Only play-tested. This is a very well playing attempt to re-create the good NY USA Meyer's. For some reason, all modern copies tend to play brighter than the real stuff. So don't believe you get a Meyer clone. But you get a very easy to blow mouthpiece, loud and good for lead alto. A new one costs around 300€ so this is a bargain. On trial |
| Vandoren |
HR |
.070" |
55€ |
V5 A15 Good modern mouthpiece for classical music. |
| Vito |
HR |
.060" |
45€ |
Melodia
"2V" Marked France. Straight side walls like a Brilhart. One very faint
chip on right rail, but plays perfectly. Good player probably made by
Riffault |
| Vito |
HR |
.060" |
55€ |
Melodia "2V" Marked France. Medium chamber, round. Shorter window than the one above. Used but no faults. Good player probably made by Riffault |
| Wolfe Tayne |
Metal |
.075" |
95€ |
Wolfe Tayne "5" (on table). Gold plated with Rovner ligature and large plastic cap. Despite being metal, this mouthpiece has a much warmer and softer sound than modern hard rubber mouthpieces like Meyer, Vandoren. The number on the table shows early production. These are very good players. |
| Woodwind
Company |
HR |
.067" |
95€ |
"Sparkle
Air" "B6" These old pieces are known for their high quality rubber.
Nice, "middle-of-the-road" mouthpiece |
| Yanagisawa |
HR |
.090" |
95€ |
#8
Like new. Very well playing mouthpiece with a full-bodied sound |