Jazz Is All
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I just found this listed on Ebay.fr and it purports to be a HR Brilhart Powertone Sop mpc that was refaced by Doc Tenney. Being a Brilhart afficianado for a long time I was suspicious because I had never ever heard or read of that model before. Googling I found a reference to a Powertone mpc made for Boosey and Hawkes by Brilhart out of clear plastic on the Dr. Sax website. There is however nothing to corroborate that on Theo Wanne's Mpc Museum pages nor had Peterogping, a Brilhart maven on SOTW ever heard of it before.
Doc Tenney face Soprano Sax Mouthpiece 6 * Tip POWERTONE (brilhart) 1950 S | eBay
As someone said long ago, if it swims, looks like a fish, and smells like one, it ain't a mouthpiece. As a result I am seriously dubious of the claim by the seller of this being anything ever made by Brilhart. This is not just because of the above but also because it doesn't even resemble a Brilhart mpc in its design and I've owned them, looked at them, and played them for years. So I wonder what other people on this forum think, particularly those who know Brilharts.
Let me add that I don't doubt that Doc Tenney could have refaced it, but given the sad fact that he passed away 7 or so years ago there is no way to confirm that claim nor the provenance of the piece. I also should add that I know nothing about the seller of the mpc and have no connection with him whatsoever nor any reason to want to squash his sale if the mpc is legit, and that's the big unknown as I see it.
"Buying a pig from Pokeman is ill-advised."
Doc Tenney face Soprano Sax Mouthpiece 6 * Tip POWERTONE (brilhart) 1950 S | eBay
As someone said long ago, if it swims, looks like a fish, and smells like one, it ain't a mouthpiece. As a result I am seriously dubious of the claim by the seller of this being anything ever made by Brilhart. This is not just because of the above but also because it doesn't even resemble a Brilhart mpc in its design and I've owned them, looked at them, and played them for years. So I wonder what other people on this forum think, particularly those who know Brilharts.
Let me add that I don't doubt that Doc Tenney could have refaced it, but given the sad fact that he passed away 7 or so years ago there is no way to confirm that claim nor the provenance of the piece. I also should add that I know nothing about the seller of the mpc and have no connection with him whatsoever nor any reason to want to squash his sale if the mpc is legit, and that's the big unknown as I see it.
"Buying a pig from Pokeman is ill-advised."