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For 15 years ago I bought an old Kohlert (VKS) tenor. I like old Kohlert's. When I opened the case there were straps, reeds, mouthpieces .... as well. A reddish brass mouthpiece caught my eyes. The mouthpiece has been plated but the plating is removed. The lig and cap was/is junk. I can't read the stamp just the letters "CZ". As a blues and Rock & Roll honker it was these things that caught my eyes:
Metal: "Reddish" brass must contain more copper?
Slim: Very slim to be honest.
Form: It's the same width from the tip to the end of the shank. Easy to found a new ligature.
Beak: Straight and precipitous. I have to open my mouth more!
Table and rails: Flat and even. Long table as well.
Chamber: High baffle (something between a "0" and "1" BL chamber). A small roll over baffle c 10 mm down the baffle. Bullet baffle/bore but not pointed bullet. The chamber is tapered. It's a small chamber mouthpiece (the bore is wider than the chamber).
Tip opening: 0.085". My Rovner Deep-V is 0.130".
Lay: Roughly the same as BL "SMS" lay.
Weight: 105 g. Heavy. Stabile, I feel "grounded".
I found a mouthpice which is playing well on my Martin Handcraft (committee) tenor 1938. BG F L, Rovner dark ... is holding the reed in a good way. I play Vandoren V16 or plasticover on this mouthpiece. The only problem is that the bore (ID) is a little bit narrow. I have to sand down the neck cork to minimum. Who made it? Was it a forerunner to BL? Or any other mouthpiece maker. The VKS tenor is still resting in the case, waiting to be fixed.
This is not the only mouthpiece bargain I have done when I bought old saxes. I got an old sax and a good mouthpiece for less money than a new metal mouthpice.
Metal: "Reddish" brass must contain more copper?
Slim: Very slim to be honest.
Form: It's the same width from the tip to the end of the shank. Easy to found a new ligature.
Beak: Straight and precipitous. I have to open my mouth more!
Table and rails: Flat and even. Long table as well.
Chamber: High baffle (something between a "0" and "1" BL chamber). A small roll over baffle c 10 mm down the baffle. Bullet baffle/bore but not pointed bullet. The chamber is tapered. It's a small chamber mouthpiece (the bore is wider than the chamber).
Tip opening: 0.085". My Rovner Deep-V is 0.130".
Lay: Roughly the same as BL "SMS" lay.
Weight: 105 g. Heavy. Stabile, I feel "grounded".
I found a mouthpice which is playing well on my Martin Handcraft (committee) tenor 1938. BG F L, Rovner dark ... is holding the reed in a good way. I play Vandoren V16 or plasticover on this mouthpiece. The only problem is that the bore (ID) is a little bit narrow. I have to sand down the neck cork to minimum. Who made it? Was it a forerunner to BL? Or any other mouthpiece maker. The VKS tenor is still resting in the case, waiting to be fixed.
This is not the only mouthpiece bargain I have done when I bought old saxes. I got an old sax and a good mouthpiece for less money than a new metal mouthpice.
