Bari Mouthpiece Help

[Jerry K.]

I just picked up an old project bari and it came with 3 mouthpieces that are all in good to excellent shape. Any insight regarding playability, history, value, on the following pieces would be appreciated:

Berg Larsen 100 0 T, SMS, looks like a duckbill with a bullet chamber, excellent condition.

SML R4, excellent condition large chamber rubber piece.

Martin, 1*, marked Martin Handcraft, 6 Moor St., London W.I., interesting piece with slot cut into either side of the table with a lig that slides into this slot and a reed cover that slides into the lig, a couple nicks on the sides of the rails.

I believe all of these pieces are fairly old since the horn is likely from the 1950s or earlier. If interested, there is a topic regarding this bari in the Keilwerth section titled Pennsylvania Special Bari.

[Jerry K.]

Forgot to mention, the Berg Larsen is a hard rubber piece.

[Bootman]

The Berg should be a nice mpc, the others may be ok too but compared to the Berg they may lack the punch necessary for use on a Baritone. Teh Berg will be modestly valuable but they others will have limited value or appeal to other players.

[MojoBari]

Yeah, what he said!

[Jerry K.]

Old Bari Mouthpieces No old metal Link's or anything in there, are there??

No, though that would be nice. I sort of figured I did pretty well to get 3 decent pieces as it was. That was actually part of the justification in buying this old project bari. I am often amazed by the mouthpieces I find when buying old horns. I once bought a Dolnet alto that came with a nice old Otto Link I didn't know about - very cool surprise!

Do you intend to sell these or renovate them for yourself?

Not sure yet. I have accumulated 5 bari mouthpieces now which is more mouthpieces than I need (especially since I don't have a playable bari at the moment) so I'll likely sell a couple once I get a chance to try them all out.