{"id":34329,"date":"2012-10-17T11:17:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T18:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=34329"},"modified":"2024-06-02T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T00:46:16","slug":"vintage-jk-alto-mouthpiece-sale-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2012\/vintage-jk-alto-mouthpiece-sale-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vintage JK Alto Mouthpiece For Sale On eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning something caught my eye on eBay that got me thinking about the treasures we might find in vintage instrument cases, but never think about… At least I don’t.<\/p>\n

A vintage saxophone dealer from the UK, who regularly has some interesting horns for sale BTW, is selling a vintage Keilwerth alto mouthpiece, ligature, and cap.<\/a> When I saw the price that shresthakimi was asking for this vintage piece, I was rather stunned.<\/p>\n

\"Julius<\/a><\/p>\n

     Source: shresthakimi<\/h6>\n

When I bought my JK-stencilled Jubilee alto<\/a> last spring, it came with all its original accessories<\/a>, including the mouthpiece, lig, and cap. However, because I am very satisfied with my alto set-up, I never tried the original mouthpiece. Now shresthakimi has me wondering what this piece might really like.<\/p>\n

Here is how he describes his vintage JK piece currently for sale:<\/p>\n

Vintage and Rare Julius Keilwerth Alto Sax Mouthpiece<\/p>\n

Has company logo stamped and 4 facing<\/p>\n

has deep wide chamber with horseshoe shaped -Please see pic<\/p>\n

Great piece for early mellow dark tone<\/p>\n

also included is a Bronze bottom one- screw ligature + cap<\/p><\/blockquote>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

  Source: shresthakimi<\/h6>\n

What is shresthakimi asking for this little bit of vintage, German rubber you ask? Well it can be yours for a cool \u00a3250.00\u2014which eBay estimates to be $402.53.<\/p>\n

This brings me back to my original point. As a frequent buyer of vintage horns, some come with equally vintage mouthpieces. For the most part I just clean them up and put them away without even trying them out. The couple notable exceptions have been the original mouthpiece<\/a> that came with my Hohner President tenor<\/a>, and the Conn Eagle bass\/baritone piece<\/a> that came with my Evette & Schaeffer HP bari<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now I’m going to have to dig through all the strange, and yes, perhaps even rare, mouthpieces that I have ended up with over the years, and try them out. Who knows, maybe I have a sleeper<\/em> piece in there that I didn’t even know about.<\/p>\n

I’m sure many of you will consider it odd that I haven’t tried out these pieces that came with my horns. Perhaps it is. However, I have literally spent years searching for the<\/em> sound on all my voices of horns (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass). Now that I have it, I honestly just didn’t have any desire to try other gear.<\/p>\n

What about you? When you get a new to you<\/em> horn, do you try the mouthpiece that comes with it? Or do you just put it away and forget about it?<\/p>\n

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