I bought a used Backun clarinet  mouthpiece direct from Backun. I first notice that it had an odd smell and  then that the tip and side rails were rather wide and that the curve was a full 21 mm, extremely long for a clarinet.
   It played quite well but the shank was about 1.5 mm  too long for the barrel.
  When  I started sanding the shank down I noticed that  even though it was a Zinner blank, it was  plastic,not rubber and that was the source of the odd smell.
   Then I saw letters on  on the end of the shank,  www.muncywinds .com and some numbers as well.
  When I  then fixed the tip rail  the sandpaper became nice and brown and had a  rubber smell so the actual mouthpiece must be hard rubber.
  Is this possibly a repair with a plastic shank ? I don't see any lines inside where  the two parts would join.
    I got the table down to  a  decent clarinet range and the tip rail  narrow and even. I lost the little concave in the table and the tip is still a little more open than what the Backun spec says it should be but it is a nice 1.12 mm, 17.5 and it plays well as it is. Over all it is  nice purchase for the price I paid.
   I am curious. Any comments?

Why not ask Mr. Backun?
 - Paul Woltz

 I thought someone here would know about Zinner blanks. Perhaps I need to contact Backun as well as Muncy Winds. They're both supposed to be very approachable and customer friendly.  Peter

I bought a Zinner blank from Woodwind & Brasswind and it did not have any
plastic surface on it.

 

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 I thought someone here would know about Zinner blanks. Perhaps I need to
contact Backun as well as Muncy Winds. They're both supposed to be very
approachable and customer friendly.  Peter

I checked  some other Zinner blank clarinet pieces, an Eddie Daniels and a couple of Lomax's and they appear to be rubber all the way. I can't think of any sax mouthpieces made from Zinner blanks except a Strathon which I don't have.  Peter



On Sunday, March 16, 2014 2:04 PM, Ken Lagace <kenlphotos@...> wrote:
 
  
I bought a Zinner blank from Woodwind & Brasswind and it did not have any plastic surface on it.
 
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 I thought someone here would know about Zinner blanks. Perhaps I need to contact Backun as well as Muncy Winds. They're both supposed to be very approachable and customer friendly.  Peter