[J-Moen]

Good Morning SOTW!

So I have 3 mouthpieces I'm looking to have fixed up! One was a horror story from over 10 years ago I shared with SOTW about a tipping sax stand and a chipped Aaron Drake ceramic alto mouthpiece tip, which you can see here:

Next up is this Older Brilhart Ebolin (alto) with some Rail/tip/Table damage:

And finally, is this Metal Robert Vinson Custom soprano mouthpiece with a large chunk out of the bite plate and some pretty rough looking rails:

Is this work even worth my time? I'd like to make these players! Hoping someone could give me a group discount for all three to reface at once.

 

[Hornlip]

Can't say about the ceramic, but the Ebolin shouldn't be a problem to get fixed up at all. I've had worse looking pieces than that put in good working order.

Probably not a big deal to fix up the metal mpc, either, unless it's stainless. But I am very impressed that somebody actually gnawed a groove into metal as well as the tooth plate!

 

[J-Moen]

Can't say about the ceramic, but the Ebolin shouldn't be a problem to get fixed up at all. I've had worse looking pieces than that put in good working order.

Probably not a big deal to fix up the metal mpc, either, unless it's stainless. But I am very impressed that somebody actually gnawed a groove into metal as well as the tooth plate!

I literally just got done talking with a refacer, and the Drake is the only piece I'm having fixed up currently.

The Ebolin doesn't seem to need much, but being that it's not a super desirable vintage, doesn't seem to be worth the Refacing work - might save it as a practice piece to see if I can smooth it out myself.

The Vinson is a whole different beast. God knows when or how someone bit into this thing. Hard to say if it would be worth much if I have it refaced and the plate replaced

 

[Saxophone Boutique]

Good Morning SOTW!

So I have 3 mouthpieces I'm looking to have fixed up! One was a horror story from over 10 years ago I shared with SOTW about a tipping sax stand and a chipped Aaron Drake ceramic alto mouthpiece tip, which you can see here:

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Next up is this Older Brilhart Ebolin (alto) with some Rail/tip/Table damage:
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And finally, is this Metal Robert Vinson Custom soprano mouthpiece with a large chunk out of the bite plate and some pretty rough looking rails:
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Is this work even worth my time? I'd like to make these players! Hoping someone could give me a group discount for all three to reface at once.

I can fix that
MP?

 

[Jerry K.]

But I am very impressed that somebody actually gnawed a groove into metal as well as the tooth plate!

I was thinking the same thing! How is that even possible?