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RE: deep,dark,volume mpc for Leblanc L7

Author: J. Butler
Date: 2001-03-04 00:00

Light, Dark, Bright, Heavy.....I think all these terms have a diffrerent meaning to all of us. About mouthpieces.....I have one expensive hand customed mouthpiece and like Don have discovered some very good older mouthpieces. I happened to get an old Sumner Acousticut mouthpiece in a #3 facing out of the cadaver pile last fall. No telling how long it had been lying in the bottom of the bone pile. I didn't even realize it was there or what it was. So, being intrigued I cleaned it up and took care of a couple of very minor nicks and VIOLA!--I have a mouthpiece that blows the socks off of the $200 plus custom job! I don't know who made the Sumner Acousticut but I went back to my bone pile and found two more......another #3 and a #4 both with great sounds. The #4 played a little too freely on the Bb but makes a wonderful mouthpiece for the Selmer BT A that I have. I was getting ready to get a expenseive custom job for the A (since it played sharp with the other mouthpiece) but it plays well in tune with the Sumner #4. The mouthpieces look like Chedeville blanks with the three lines on them with the one line towards the other end. Maybe some of you mouthpiece afficionados can shed a little more light on them....but I'm not going to sneer at another "off beat" mouthpiece again until I've played on it. BTW I've also got a Gregory 5 18M that plays very well.

John

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