> I would like to know if anyone has a good sorce for blanks and how much they
cost?

I've used Rico Royal Graftonite mouthpieces as blanks for experimenting,
they run about $17-18 at wwbw.com.

They are some kind of extremely tough plastic material, and come in a range
of facings and chamber sizes.

Compared to most mouthpieces, their baffle slopes away from the tip rail
rather sharply at first.


Barry

--- Thanks Barry. Do you know of any metal blanks?--------------------
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>
> > I would like to know if anyone has a good sorce for blanks and 
how much they
> cost?
> 
> I've used Rico Royal Graftonite mouthpieces as blanks for 
experimenting,
> they run about $17-18 at wwbw.com.
> 
> They are some kind of extremely tough plastic material, and come in 
a range
> of facings and chamber sizes.
> 
> Compared to most mouthpieces, their baffle slopes away from the tip 
rail
> rather sharply at first.
> 
> 
> Barry
>

See message 3795

--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "jimmitch47" <jimmitch47@...>
wrote:
>
> --- Thanks Barry. Do you know of any metal blanks?--------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > I would like to know if anyone has a good sorce for blanks and 
> how much they
> > cost?
> > 
> > I've used Rico Royal Graftonite mouthpieces as blanks for 
> experimenting,
> > they run about $17-18 at wwbw.com.
> > 
> > They are some kind of extremely tough plastic material, and come in 
> a range
> > of facings and chamber sizes. 
> > Compared to most mouthpieces, their baffle slopes away from the tip 
> rail
> > rather sharply at first.
> > 
> > 
> > Barry
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I use re-worked Rico Graftonites on clarinet. They were designed by
Arnold Brilhart and are of an extremely hard graphite/plastic mix.
This makes them very difficult to work on, especially flatening the table.
I found that the lays were much longer than specified, though the tips
were fairly accurate. For that reason, I buy the closer #3 just to get
the shorter lay and cut down on the table work.The chambers need a
little work because they are machine moulded. About 17GBP in U.K.
Excellent for Jazz.   Eddie
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