I have, let say "repaired" a lot of cipped crystal mouthpieces simply refacing it completely. After having measured its profile I have reproduced the same...
Hello, I'm doing an article and want some really good photos of an old-fashioned tip wand. I can take the photos, but thought that someone might already have...
Years ago, my friends and I would visit the Babbitt factory and buy Meyer seconds. Can anyone do that anymore? Has anyone had success getting Babbitt to sell...
I have played clarinet almost 50 years and just last summer began seriously learning to service and repair them. I have been buying, fixing up and reselling...
Your plan sounds good. Though I would skip the 50 years of playing...;) Sand paper grades and use is a personal choice. I would say start with 320 and 400...
Thanks for the reply. Are you saying 320 OR 400 or 320 AND 400? Do you use any grades in between those and the 600? What do you use for polishing if any as 600...
Purchase several grades to see what you like. Get a sampler pack. I do not go finer than 600 now, but I have tried 800-1200. for table and rails, I stop at...
- Hello David, If this is any help.... This is an English Brilhart 2 facing. I bought it new in 1972. It has always been a rather nice player. a la E Brand:...
... The measurements given for an Ebolin are extreme David. A 2* should have a tip of 0.043" and the length 15mm. As you want to open the tip I will give you...
I was thinking the same thing - the facing length is extremely long for clarinet (kind of off the bell curve - this would be a long facing for bari sax...),...
Hi, ok i have a dumb little question. How do i find the exact spot where the facing meets the table. I understand the .0015 feeler is pretty close but it is...
A .000000000000000 feeler will pass right on down between the reed and the table and out the bottom.  Seriously, the .0015" feeler is it. No formula,...
Many thanks! I was afraid to try as I have often heard that they do not respond to email. Any word on this? Should I improve mu German? Regards, Dale....
Quite by trial and error, I have found that the area behind the tip rail is the key to easy subtone. Try this: When you refaced, after you cut the curve you...
As Paul says, it is pretty much an industry standard to call the .0015" feeler measurment the facing length.  What you were thinking about is the true...
I am not a big fan of roll-over baffles that are high near the tip rail. They can make response sluggish like a wide tip rail does. Jon Van Wie used to say...
... HI Could you send me some pictures as examples of what you are talking about when you say "roll-over baffles that are high near the tip rail" and maybe a...
Hi, ive got an ARB alto mouthpiece with a pretty big chip in the tip. I was wondering if anyone had any good suggestions as to what kind of epoxy to use, and...
JB Weld Epoxy works well. Download a MSDS sheet from their web site to learn of the potential health hazzards.  Here is a photo album showing how I...
I´ve restored a couple of very bad tips, with odontologic acrylic resin. It binds very well to hard rubber mouthpieces. I haven´t yet tryed on plastic...
Does anyone know where I can locate a Bamber Soprano Sax. mouthpiece #6? I do not believe they are made any longer. I have made several attempts to locate one...
... Hi, I have a Bamber Concert model 6 for soprano sax. I was going to include it with a soprano I am selling. I originally planned to use it in a sax quartet...
If they are available at all, it would be through Woodwind and Brasswind. Dennis Bamber used to run that company. Bill Hausmann If you have to mic a...
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