Hello listers and mouthpieces workers

I'm a subscriber of this for several months now, and just spent this
time reading all the very instructive posts of this list. 

I just quickly present myself before going on with my question. I'm an
amateur clarinetist (about 30 years of clar behind me), amateur metal
clarinet addict (I overhauled a couple of instruments) , and amateur
instrument builder (I build bamboo saxophones, designing my own
mouthpieces, crafted in bamboo and wood).

My question is : I have an old Brilhart Tonalin 3* clarinet mouthpiece
which is almost unplayable. There is no apparent dammage on the
mouthpiece, so I suspect that it has been very badly refaced.

Does somebody have measurements of the facing of these mouthpieces, so I
can compare to the actual facing and eventually take appropriate
refacing decisions for it ?

Thank you in advance

Eric
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There is no real standard for Brilhart facings that I can tell.  Every one
is different.  Some are good, some are bad.

I would recommend you take measurements off a good playing clarinet
mouthpiece you have and try an make the Brilhart close to those targets.


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Le samedi 01 mars 2008 à 19:10 -0800, Keith Bradbury a écrit :
> There is no real standard for Brilhart facings that I can tell. Every
> one
> is different. Some are good, some are bad.
> 
> I would recommend you take measurements off a good playing clarinet
> mouthpiece you have and try an make the Brilhart close to those
> targets.

Thank you for the answer Keith. I go back to basic work : measure,
measure, measure ;-)

Eric
-- 
http://www.vents-sauvages.fr/

--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, Eric Würbel <eric@...> wrote:
>
> Hello listers and mouthpieces workers
> 
> I'm a subscriber of this for several months now, and just spent this
> time reading all the very instructive posts of this list. 
> 
> I just quickly present myself before going on with my question. I'm an
> amateur clarinetist (about 30 years of clar behind me), amateur metal
> clarinet addict (I overhauled a couple of instruments) , and amateur
> instrument builder (I build bamboo saxophones, designing my own
> mouthpieces, crafted in bamboo and wood).
> 
> My question is : I have an old Brilhart Tonalin 3* clarinet mouthpiece
> which is almost unplayable. There is no apparent dammage on the
> mouthpiece, so I suspect that it has been very badly refaced.
> 
> Does somebody have measurements of the facing of these mouthpieces, so I
> can compare to the actual facing and eventually take appropriate
> refacing decisions for it ?
> 
> Thank you in advance
> 
> Eric
> -- 
> http://www.vents-sauvages.fr/
>
Hello Eric,  It may be of only academic interest to know the Brilhart
3* was .045" tip and .594" length (15mm) All the * numbers were of
this length, given that the tips went from 39 to 58. Very short by
comparison with other makes. The plain numbered (I.E. no * ) 'pieces
had the same tip openings, but were all .687" in length.    Eddie

Le lundi 03 mars 2008 à 16:25 +0000, Edward McLean a écrit :

> Hello Eric, It may be of only academic interest to know the Brilhart
> 3* was .045" tip and .594" length (15mm) All the * numbers were of
> this length, given that the tips went from 39 to 58. Very short by
> comparison with other makes. The plain numbered (I.E. no * ) 'pieces
> had the same tip openings, but were all .687" in length. Eddie

Thank you Edward. 

This is more than academically interresting ! At least it confirms me
that the mouthpiece have been (very badly) refaced.

Eric

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