Tom Politzer at Dawkes Music
MIA award 2011

The Total Mouthpiece Service

  • Bore Reaming & Bore Copying
  • Relaying and Lay Copying
  • Damage Rectified
  • Tone Chamber Redesign or the replication of different models favoured by the player
  • Baffles Reshaped & Profiles Altered
Windcraft-Weinberg Mouthpieces

We supply replicas of the very old B&H 926 and 1010 tone chambers and correct bore reaming for all leading clarinet designs.

Windcraft-Weinberg Mouthpieces

Hand crafted in our workshop by Professor Anton Weinberg, our mouthpieces are now used professionally in 6 countries. Their unique design embodied in the baffle, tone chamber and bore gives a richer, darker sound and improved intonation of the 12ths.

Four production models are always available, as well as various customised designs produced with the highest accuracy and finish. The customising service enables clarinettists to choose their own design attributes and create an individual product for the individual musician.

The Weinberg Profile

Prof. Anton Weinberg

Professor Anton Weinberg

Professor Weinberg has held five international Professorships. In 1989 President George Bush awarded him a personal citation, at the recommendation of the White House Commission on Education, in recognition of his excellence in teaching and conscientious contribution to education. Anton Weinberg has performed at all of Europe's major festivals and given over 170 recitals and lectures for radio and television in the UK, USA, China, West Indies and Europe. Lord Menuhin described him as a 'brilliant musician, teacher and thinker'.

Production Models Available - Clarinet

All mouthpieces shown below are hand crafted from the new Zenith Mouthpiece blank.

AW Prof' Weinberg's personal facing:
A warm velvet sound. 2.5 Vandoren '56' reed or 2.5 standard or no.3 V12.
The ´Soloist´ M1 Facing somewhat similar to B40.
Full deep chamber, wider tip rail; rich dark strong sound using 2.5 strength reeds
The ´Symphonic´ D3 Long Facing somewhat similar to Van. M30.
Deep chamber; wider tip rail; full facing curve to the tip.
Strong rich sound; Uses strength 3 or 3.5 reed strength, particularly V12 style.
The ´Studio´ M3 Shorter flatter facing providing a solid but clear sound. Uses strength 2.5 to 3.5 reeds.
The ´International´ 15G A medium long flatter facing; full deep chamber; offering a warm velvety tone; uses strength 3-3.5 reeds particularly V12 style and the new Vandoren 56 reed no 3-3.5<
The ´Concerto´ International Soloist quality model with projection for concerto performances. Hand crafted accurate to within a 5th of a mm. Uses strength 2.5 reeds Individual price to order.
The BDF ´Jazz´ The facing as used by Buddy De Franco; long and full curved lay to give both a rich sound with plenty of flexibility. Reed strength 2-3.
The Weinberg Bass Clarinet Mouthpiece A Vandoren - refaced to the exact lay used by Michael Harris (head of woodwind Birmingham Conservatoire) and commissioned by the London Conservatoires.

Production Models Available - Saxophone

The Emanon Named after Dizzy Gillespie's tune Emanon (no name -backwards)
A new original design that uses the idea of a double baffle to chamber mouthpiece.
Made from the same ebonite as the American Otto Link mouthpieces.
Tonal quality will not break up at great volume but sound is particularly clear for digital recording.

ALTO model uses the famous Vintage Selmer soloist D lay of the 1950/60's.
TENOR uses the famous Vintage Link 7* lay of the 1950/60's.

Advice Service

  • Unparalleled professional advice on all technical problems
  • Relaxed and unhurried testing facilities
  • Extensive data-base design and information library
  • Ongoing research programmes
  • Lecture service already used by conservatoires and educational centres
  • Mouthpiece Museum

For more information on these products or to discuss your individual requirements, you can contact Professor Anton Weinberg by telephone on 01628 630 800

Dawkes Music Ltd, The Woodwind & Brass Warehouse, Reform Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 8BT, ENGLAND
Tel: 01628 630800   ~   Fax: 01628 200169
www.dawkes.co.uk   ~   info@dawkes.co.uk

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