Hornisti: Dell'Osa was a Philadelphia mouthpiece maker. He made mouthpieces for Mason Jones, other members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and countless Curtis graduates. I rather doubt he made a mouthpiece for Chambers (a Noo Yowkah!), when Giardinelli was already in the picture. Dell'Osa mouthpieces generally have a deeper, more V-shaped bowl than the C1-C8 mouthpieces of Giardinelli, with a variety of bores and rims. I was told when I visited the shop in Philadelphia many years ago that Dell'Osa essentially did it all "by eye."
Stranger things have happened, though, so this assumption could be wrong. If so, I'd love to see the evidence. Richard in Seattle Possessor of both Dell'Osa and Giardinelli mouthpieces. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:36 PM Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Chambers > > --- Aleks Ozolins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If I'm correct, the design was a Dell'Osa (a million different spellings > > I've seen) > > That's the way it's spelled on my mouthpiece. He should have known! > > Herb Foster > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hornfella%40comcast.net _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
