Mouthpieces Help me identify this Selmer Metal Soprano mpc

I recently bought a 1927 Buescher True Tone soprano.
Along with it came this Selmer metal mpc.
I don't know how old it is and I can't seem to find an exact match by googling Selmer metal pieces
At first I thought it was a Scroll Shank but when I compare it to the pictures I've found mine seem to have a slightly shorter shank.

Can anyone identify it?

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Looks very like mine, but I'm sorry I don't know the name or age. My one is marked "E" and has been refaced by Mojo to 0.064".

With my Selmer metal I quite like the basic sound but it quickly fills up with moisture and starts "sizzling" ! The throat isn't as small as on my ebonite Selmer mouthpiece, but there is something about it that makes moisture collect in there.

How is yours playing ?

Rhys
 
Looks very like mine, but I'm sorry I don't know the name or age. My one is marked "E" and has been refaced by Mojo to 0.064".

With my Selmer metal I quite like the basic sound but it quickly fills up with moisture and starts "sizzling" ! The throat isn't as small as on my ebonite Selmer mouthpiece, but there is something about it that makes moisture collect in there.

How is yours playing ?

Rhys

I think it plays really, really great - or played - since I first played it on old Amati Kraslice Toneking which seemed to be a perfect combination. Last week I purchased a Bauhaus Walstein Curved Soprano and suddenly it feels stuffy.
Actually I'm really aggravated because I had the feeling that this was the perfect mouthpiece for me.

I have also experienced a sizzling sound and could'nt figure out why it sounded like that, but your observation concerning accumulating moisture makes sense.

Maybe 1950's

I bet it plays great. Anything on the table? What shape is the chamber?

It's round chambered.
Nothing on the table
 
Short shank metal.

Breath condensation builds up when they are cold. Pop it in some warm water before you play and keep it pointing down so it will drain away and don't think of food.

You may have a leak on the BW
 
I also have a Selmer metal soprano D (0.051"). The ligature is the same and the cap is not an ordinary cap, is more just protecting the tip. rails and table. Also rails on the side à la Lawton. I think it's ready to use the Selmer one-screw ligature? A round, but not so big chamber, and no baffle. The shank on my mpc is a little bit longer. They are described as: "Silver plated soprano mouthpice. Designed for classical music. It features a conventional arched chamber design. Silver plated lig and cap are included".

Funny, I also have a Buesher soprano -28 True Tone silver plated (handburnished, frosty with blank keys and gold inside bell.) . This soprano model was called LP-122 which mean is a low pitch and a straight soprano . Keyed from Bb to high F. Around 1929 the American soprano manufactoring was over. There are some sopranos stamped later but I think it's old blanks from the "Roaring Decade" that were sold later. According to Buescher company they "made" thier last soprano in 1969. It went to a classical player. Buescher sopranos are highly regarded among classiacal players. Mine doesn't have the Snap-On bottons. The Buescher Snap-On pads are glued in with shellack and the hole + pin are covered with a plain plastic resonator. And it's classic set up (low sat keyheights for players with good technique!), so I don't use mine so often. A "keeper".
 
"Silver plated soprano mouthpice. Designed for classical music. It features a conventional arched chamber design. Silver plated lig and cap are included".

The throat (where the chamber joins the mouthpiece bore) on mine is round and medium sized. It is different from the throat on my alto and baritone Selmer Soloists in ebonite, which do look like an arch.

I get a bit confused when Selmer talk about an "arched chamber design" and wonder whether they mean arched throat.

What shape is the throat on your metal soprano piece ?

Rhys
 
A picture of my Selmer soprano mouthpiece. The Rovner is my ordinary mpc and I cut of a small piece of the shank to make it easier to fit the old soprnaos. I play a Conn -25.

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That Dukoff looks as though it was fashioned from scrap metal of dubious provenance

I bet if it wasn't mouthpiece shaped you'd hesitate before putting it in your mouth
 
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Note to self: It looks poisonous and deeply unpalatable but I should ignore the primevil instinct that has so far prevented me from chewing on air-rifle pellets and licking metal pan scourers because it's called a Dukoff
ironically Dukoff call the alloy they use to make those things 'Silverite'
it's a kind of lead free pewter - 98.32% tin and 1.68% copper according to what I can find out. It's fairly soft and will dent easily if you drop them. I assume they use it because it's easy to pressure die cast
the one in the picture above is in good condition compared to some I've seen. Surprisingly, the few Dukoff sop mouthpieces I've tried actually played quite well
 
Useful info here
KNOWLEDGE - Mouthpiece Museum - Selmer - Theo Wanne
http://mouthpiecemuseum.com/MouthpieceMuseum/Selmer.html

Chris

Thanks Chris!
I originally did a research on those sites, but the closest I could get was the "Short Shank" (sometimes also called "Scroll Shank" as far as I can see).
But the shank on the "Short Shank" is a little longer (at the rounded end) when I compare to mine
 
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