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So you either have an early model before the date was coded in or you have the 1980's version which sounds more likely.Brilhart Level Air:
These mouthpieces were made in the 60s and 70s and were relatively very bright. They were made from stainless steel and for the late models the serial number actually reads the manufacture date. A serial number of 122474 would mean it was made on December 24, 1974. This is just a rule of thumb, though, and only applicable for the later vintage models.
A model of the Level Air is currently being made, though it is completely different from the vintage ones. Below is the vintage model, which can be divided into two versions. The first version made had heavy machine marks going from side to side on the table. The later vintage models, that otherwise looked the same, had length-wise machine marks on the table. The first version played better than the later version.
That sounds exactly like it. What's the worth generally around, do you know?bruce bailey said:It sounds like an earlier Levelaire. They were stainless steel, very narrow and the plastic bite plate was L shaped and covered the whole top of the tip. Very flat inside with a drop off. The later ones look more like all the other metal mouthpieces. I remember that there was a plastic LA for a while that looked like a standard mouthpiece but the guts were like the metal LA.
Sounds to me like a Brilhart level air. One time i saw a guy who had one where the bite plate was missing and he put a thick black rubber mouthpiece patch in the lower metal beak where the bite plate was supposed to be.blindside398 said:Designed by Arnold Brilhart (I think that was his first name ^_^), and had a 6star facing, and it had the serial number "041580". It had a big black tooth pad (looked like it was supposed to be there, not put on), and had a large drop from the barrel to the tooth pad...I know it sounds weird, but it looked weird too. The baffle was a big drop off, and it was very free blowing.
Anyone have any idea what this is...it's unlike anything I've ever seen, and he said he'd let it go for 40 bucks. Well, I want it! =
EDIT: It IS metal, by the way.