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Nefertiti

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I received an email asking if I could review a new make of mouthpieces. I had never heard of them before. Where are they made? Taiwan. I clicked on the link and have to say that these look pretty darn nice. Hopefully they play as good as they look.

http://www.johnshock.com.tw/
 
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I'm not sure how organized this company is as of yet. They emailed asking if I would be interested in reviewing them. I responded that I would in two different emails and no one has returned my emails. Oh well. They look nice.
 
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I have been in touch with these folks and just to get a feel for costs ... these will run in the $750-$800 price range.

The Vintage and Artist models have been designed similar to Ted Klum's mouthpieces ... they certainly look good ... but are these just more high quality "copies" of someone else's work?!? Not sure. They do nothing to hide their "reverse engineering" methods. I have been leaning against it so far, but might check them out next year. It is a little surprising they have decided to go right to the top end of this market given their overall lack of experience (they've been doing this for just 6 years with far more experience in other industries).
 
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700-800$ in Taiwan is a VERY serious amount of money for anything let alone a mouthpiece ! I know for a fact that that kind of money would buy you a great alto, at a good OEM factory!

That kind of money buys you among the most expensive mouthpieces made by the best and well known western makers such as Theo Wanne!

If that is the price level I don't see this happening.

Besides, as one can see on the site, this is clearly a company which has experience in CNC production of mechanical metal parts ( personally I wouldn't show both sides of the business if I were them because the mechanical side puts me off from exploring their musical competence).
 
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Looks like yet another mouthpiece maker that's thrown everything they have at making the mouthpiece.......without holding fire for a minute and thinking about a decent ligature or ligature system, i wonder what the bite plate is made of ? cant be wood can it ?
 
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I think it might perspex (it comes in many colours) or some resin. Some mouthpiece makers (especially in Brazil) like this marbleised effect.
When it comes to a ligature, unlike the mouthpiece, unless one wants to go the Rovner-like way it is very difficult to infringe patents without getting in serious troubles, so probably they provide you with something already sold by some generic ligature maker.
 
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milandro said:
700-800$ in Taiwan is a VERY serious amount of money for anything let alone a mouthpiece ! I know for a fact that that kind of money would buy you a great alto, at a good OEM factory!

That kind of money buys you among the most expensive mouthpieces made by the best and well known western makers such as Theo Wanne!

If that is the price level I don't see this happening.

Besides, as one can see on the site, this is clearly a company which has experience in CNC production of mechanical metal parts ( personally I wouldn't show both sides of the business if I were them because the mechanical side puts me off from exploring their musical competence).
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Haha, let 'em try! If it were that easy to just copy a design, everybody would have a Meyer copy and Link copy that plays exactly like the originals, and they'd be cheap. As far as I know, part of Ted's design that is unique is the way the tip rails and tip are crafted that is only due to the unique materials he uses. He can make the Acoustimax and sell it for under $300. Good luck selling a copy made with an imitation material and design for $800! If you're gonna pay $700-800 for a copy of a metal Focus Tone, you may as well get the real deal for $825-$925. I'm just sayin...
 
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