All of these mouthpieces had a rough look finish on the exterior.The Rico Company made the Graftonite mouthpieces for alto and tenor in 3 chambers (A, B, & C). A unique quality of this era is that the serial number actual gives the date of manufacture.
These had a relatively high floor for the period, giving them great projection. BRILHART TONALIN Saxophone mouthpiece. Make Offer - Brilhart Ebolin Alto Sax Mouthpiece Late 50's Carlsbad Era Original 75 tip Brilhart Tonalin #5 Carlsbad-era Tenor Mouthpiece + 3-Band Brilhart Ligature $325.00
The second version had a medium to large chamber with only slightly rounded inner-side walls and the floor was a bit lower.
This is where you will find all of our discontinued, used, demo, blemished and factory second pieces. In the contract Arnold Brilhart is is not allowed to make woodwind mouthpieces for ten years.
The biggest problem with Brilhart mouthpieces is there are just so many of them out there. or Best Offer.
I have a young friend here who tried the piece and really loves it. This mouthpiece tended to be a bit darker and centered than its larger chambered brother.1951 also marks the start of the ‘small font’ serial numbers, and no more ligature line on the mouthpiece.
There are different Brilhart mouthpieces models: Regular, Streamline, Personaline, and Special. Check back often. Mr. Brilhart was very proud of these mouthpieces. Vintage Brilhart White Tonalin 3* Alto Sax Mouthpiece 78253. Brilhart's Mouthpiece Models: More and more contemporary saxophone players are (re-)discovering the Brilhart mouthpieces, and with good reason. Watch. Later, they stamped them on the back.The Personaline model was released in 1951, the same year the company moved to East Neck Road, Huntington, New York.
It would have been nice if they did that on their American models as well.The name ROC came about when the two company founders, Norman Taylor and Harry Chance, were sitting in their office trying to think of a short name for their range of new mouthpieces when a large van passed the window.
Most of them were Tonalin and Personaline models. These had plain text on the back, and are vintage Tonalin blanks. They all had the tip openings marked on the table.The serial number font changed to a large ‘Old Fashioned’ font, and Great Neck, NY was stamped on the shank. So it is best to measure the tip openings. $250.00.
There were far fewer of these made. His first recording was waxed in November 1921 with Yerkes’ S. S. Flotilla Orchestra. A serial number of 122474 would mean it was made on December 24, 1974. They make mouthpieces with serial numbers until July 1967. ROC Instrument Co. stopped the manufacture of mouthpieces many years ago and moved into the manufacturing of office furniture. After that, only the Level-Air model has serial numbers.These mouthpieces still had the small Arial style font, but the ligature placement line got added back on.
It wasn’t long before they remembered that ROC was the name of a mythical bird…hence the logo was born.
We’ll update this page as more items become available.
The Brilhart Tonalin mouthpiece was an extremely well loved mouthpiece design that had a gentle rolling baffle and shaped walled tone chamber.
They were made from stainless steel and for the late models the serial number actually reads the manufacture date. Both these mouthpieces came in soprano sax, which was the first time Brilhart made a soprano sax mouthpiece. The serial number below shows it being made on February 9, 1967.A model of the Level Air is currently being made, though it is completely different from the vintage ones.
In December of 1946 Brilhart changed their address to Box 31, Mineola, New York.
Any Brilhart mouthpiece that says "Arnold Brilhart Great Neck N.Y." on the shank, under the table is probably a fairly good mouthpiece. These used an amazing hard rubber compound that when ground to dust smells very sweet. The first ones had the tip opening marked on the table.
These were mostly a prototype mouthpiece. ROC was eventually sold in 2006. The first version played better than the later version.ARB, which stands for Arnold Ross Brilhart, started making mouthpieces again since it was then 10 years after he sold the Brilhart name to Selmer.
The material was the same however, the pigment used in the black (to make it black) was harder, so the mouthpiece had a brighter sound. The later vintage models, that otherwise looked the same, had length-wise machine marks on the table. Brilhart restarted the serial numbers at this time as well, so even though you may see four digit serial numbers it the mouthpiece doesn’t have ‘Great Neck, NY’ on the shank, it is from this Huntington period. This came in two models.
The tip openings and facings numbering are those developed by Arnold Brilhart. Ending Tuesday at 7:22AM PDT 1d 5h. The soprano and baritone models only came in the B chamber.The Metalite model was brighter than even the C chamber Graftonite, as it was based on the vintage version of the Level-Air design with a high Step-Baffle.
Here is an example of the serial numbers of a Great Neck mouthpiece (which has a larger font) and a later Carlsbad mouthpiece, with the smaller ‘Arial Type Font’. The C chamber was bright and catered to jazz and rock & roll music. These are arguably as good or better players than the ‘Slant Signature’ Otto Links.Zoot Sims played on the ‘Hard Rubber’ Brilhart Tenor Mouthpiece:These rare and highly desired vintage ligatures came in three designs:Kenny Garrett made this ligature very popular. These mouthpieces are slimmer in overall design and have a slightly smaller throat than the regular Brilhart model. Free shipping. They had a very short facing curve though, so tend to play better when a longer facing is added. I'm asking, because I recently made a big booboo in pricing a tenor mouthpiece. From May of 1954 until November of 1966 the Brilhart mouthpieces were made in Carlsbad, California.
Brilhart Tonalin Carlsbad 5 tenor saxophone mouthpiece. These mouthpieces were longer, came standard with a band on the shank and ‘made in England’ stamped on the side. Watch. These mouthpieces were made in the 60s and 70s and were relatively very bright.
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