A friend of mine from noticed I had no sound clips of vintage Brilhart hard rubber mouthpieces. I had to admit to him that I’ve never played a vintage Brilhart. I could tell he felt extreme sorrow for my situation and was genorous enough to send me 3 great ones from his collection to try. This one has a slant “Personaline” signature on the back and was refaced to .110 by Eric Drake of Saxology. This piece has a beautiful dark sound to it that I really enjoyed. I’d have a hard time picking one out of these three Brilharts. They are all great! Listen………
doesnt say HR in the header…this is HR right??!! also there are 2 different HR models…one with a larger rounder chamber… can you check which one this is please?
Yes, you can see in the pictures that it is hard rubber. I don’t have this mouthpiece anymore as I was just borrowing it at the time. I seem to remember it having a round chamber.
I play these as my main piece on tenor in everything from rock to jazz.
In my experience only the older ones with serial numbers are med-lrg chambers with rounded sidewalls up to the tip, and the ones without are med chambers with straight sidewalls.
The ones with the wood-grain toothplates are different and not hard rubber but plastic of some sort.
I have a 60’s hard rubber Personaline slant. It’s a fantastic player. It sounds very much like this one. It was an S4 facing opened up by Brian Powell to a .110 and it’s my main jazz piece. It’s got a dark full sound that is very focused – much like a good Selmer Soloist. It’s got a ML round chamber with scooped sidewalls – though maybe not as much as my old Links. It’s got a rich bold sound that I’m loving.