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How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:48 am
by ttf_hyperbolica
Quote from: timothy42b on Dec 15, 2017, 08:36AMThen again if it floats, you've also ruled out silver.
And brass.
So its made of wood. And therefor a duck. Or a witch.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:54 am
by ttf_harrison.t.reed
No. It's only if the mouthpiece weighs the same as a duck. Then it's made of wood. No water required. It's all about condensity, man.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:04 am
by ttf_BillO
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks, it's a mouthpiece.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:07 am
by ttf_BGuttman
If it quacks, it's probably a mouthpiece for a saxophone or bassoon.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:39 am
by ttf_bbocaner
Quote from: patrickosmith on Dec 15, 2017, 08:11AMI don't think that in 1955, or thereabouts, Mr. Reynold Schilke would have concerned himself with marking this particular mouthpiece with "925," "Sterling silver" or anything the like.
Other that the marking "SCHILKE" there isn't anything on it (not even a size). It appears to be somewhere between a 51D and a 51C.
Even in starting with the latter half of the 19th century, american sterling pieces are always marked as such. He would have had the stamps -- why wouldn't he have stamped at least STR or something like that on it? Apply Occam's Razor.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:38 am
by ttf_Dean Hubbard
Friends,
I have two Al Almont mouthpieces.
One is clearly marked with the Sterling
Silver stamp, one is not.
I've tried many copies of Almont mouthpieces
that weren't made from SS. Unfortunately they don't
really measure up.
The other thing I've noticed is that some manufactures of the
clones often "tweek" the mouthpiece in an misguided attempt to
improve it. They don't need improving in my opinion.
Truly,
Dean Hubbard.
Artist Clinician for Getzen Trombones.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:02 pm
by ttf_The Sheriff
Quote from: Dean Hubbard on Dec 15, 2017, 11:38AMFriends,
I have two Al Almont mouthpieces.
One is clearly marked with the Sterling
Silver stamp, one is not.
I've tried many copies of Almont mouthpieces
that weren't made from SS. Unfortunately they don't
really measure up.
The other thing I've noticed is that some manufactures of the
clones often "tweek" the mouthpiece in an misguided attempt to
improve it. They don't need improving in my opinion.
Truly,
Dean Hubbard.
Artist Clinician for Getzen Trombones.
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Good information. Are yours both in the 12C range?
The one I am in possession of has no markings of any kind. I had local mouthpiece maker Karl Hammond take a look at it and he said, "I'm surprised it plays as well as it does". I asked why and he said, "the backbore is a real mess". It definitely plays. It's a very good mouthpiece, better than most, in fact.
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How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:07 pm
by ttf_The Sheriff
Quote from: BGuttman on Dec 15, 2017, 06:38AMI'd bet Dave Monette would be there first
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Good one!!
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How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:08 pm
by ttf_The Sheriff
Quote from: vegasbound on Dec 14, 2017, 12:39AMYes I understood Giardinelli bought Almont's tooling when he retired...... Also that TD would send his brass players to Almont's to have mouthpieces made.....
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And John Stork worked at Giardinelli.
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How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:37 pm
by ttf_Wasatch Oz
Just for curiosity, I had to do some rough calculation on a solid silver MP. To tell if you have one, a solid silver should weigh about 1.2x as much as brass...
Assume a 5.6 oz brass trombone mouthpiece. That = 1.15 cubic inches of material. (Brass = 4.86 ounces per CI.)
1.15 cubic inches of silver = 6.36 troy ounces.
A solid silver mouthpiece would have ~$120 melt value.
1.15 cubic inches of gold = 11.68 ounces (that's a HEAVY mouthpiece!).
<~$15,000 in raw material.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:29 pm
by ttf_BGuttman
Note that silver and gold are measured in troy ounces, about 31 grams each. Brass and copper are measured in avoirdupois ounces at about 28 grams each.
I've always preferred to work in metric units for dealing in precious metals to avoid confusion between avoirdupois and troy weights.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:39 pm
by ttf_BillO
Quote from: BGuttman on Dec 15, 2017, 04:29PMNote that silver and gold are measured in troy ounces, about 31 grams each. Brass and copper are measured in avoirdupois ounces at about 28 grams each.
I've always preferred to work in metric units for dealing in precious metals to avoid confusion between avoirdupois and troy weights.
Yeah. It's best to use metric units. Imperial units seem to change like diapers.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 7:29 pm
by ttf_BGuttman
Quote from: BillO on Dec 15, 2017, 04:39PMYeah. It's best to use metric units. Imperial units seem to change like diapers.
Yup. Imperial Gallons are not like the ones here in the US.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:36 am
by ttf_BillO
Quick (without google) -
How many square furlongs in a hide?
How may shackles in a cable?
How many scruples in an apothecaries pound?
How many gills in a puncheon?
How many slugs in a blob?
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:29 am
by ttf_BGuttman
OK. What's the gravitational constant in foot-slugs/fortnight2?
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:08 am
by ttf_Bruce the budgie
Probably has to do with the ancient, honorable term of venery: a laceration of swarf.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:25 am
by ttf_BillO
Quote from: BGuttman on Dec 16, 2017, 09:29AMOK. What's the gravitational constant in foot-slugs/fortnight2?
Isn't that feet3slug-1fortnight-2?
In which case it would be just about 2.2114 x 10-20 feet3slug-1fortnight-2
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 6:36 pm
by ttf_EWadie99
Solid silver mouthpieces? I honestly didn't know they were (or currently) a thing...
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 6:56 pm
by ttf_BGuttman
Quote from: EWadie99 on Dec 16, 2017, 06:36PMSolid silver mouthpieces? I honestly didn't know they were (or currently) a thing...
Not currently. There were solid silver mouthpieces made in the past. Generally custom.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:53 am
by ttf_harrison.t.reed
Yamaha will make them too.
How to tell if a mouthpiece is solid silver?
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:53 am
by ttf_harrison.t.reed
Yamaha will make them too.