They were made in Great Neck, New York and only came in hard rubber for clarinet, alto and tenor. They were marked “Designed by Arnold Brilhart” on the back. These were the very first mouthpieces made by Arnold Brilhart made from August 1939 until August 1940. 1988 – Arnold Brilhart passes away in California on May 21, 1998.ġ939 – DESIGNED BY ARNOLD BRILHART – Version 1:.1980’s – Graftonite and Metalite mouthpieces released.1980 – On January 15th, 1980 the Arbex trademark first used.ARB saxophone and clarinet mouthpieces made with Beechler (Remle Musical Products Inc). 1977 – ARB (Stands for Arnold Ross Brilhart) trademark first used.In the contract Arnold Brilhart is is not allowed to make woodwind mouthpieces for ten years. 1966 – Selmer buys Brilhart Company and the rights to the Brilhart name.1965 – Brilhart patented “ Fibercane,” the first composite reed material.Shortly after, he starts making mouthpieces there. 1954 – Brilhart files an application for his trademark in Great Britain.1954 – In May of 1954 the Brilhart Company moved to Carlsbad, California.

Company address changed to East Neck Road, Huntington, New York.

1946 – In December of 1946 Company address changed to Box 31, Mineola, New York.

1942 – On the Brilhart Trademark with mouthpiece on left and the reed on the right was released.

1940 – Tonalin and Ebolin mouthpieces release on August 14, 1940.

Company based at 435 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck New York.

1939 – Designed by Arnold Brilhart mouthpieces released in August of 1939.

1904 – Arnold R Brilhart was born in Connecticut on September 30, 1904.

These all had a unique ‘Vita-Curve facing on them.Ī special thank you to Otto Andresen ( Saxmundstykker) and to Chadd Berry ( World Wide Sax) for their input on this page. They had a Personaline model identical in interior shape to all the above mouthpieces.

Personaline: These were their top of the line mouthpiece.

Hard Rubber : These were mostly large chamber mouthpiece made from a very good quality hard rubber.

Ebolin: The black colored model with the white bite plate.

Tonalin : The ivory colored model with the black bite plate.

So it is best to measure the tip openings. His standard sizes were consistent to his numbering system, however many of the very small and large sizes varied from piece to piece. He also recorded with The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Joe Venuti, Irving Mills, and Hoagy Carmichael.īrilhart used a different tip opening numbering system than those of Meyer or Otto Link. His first recording was waxed in November 1921 with Yerkes’ S. Besides making mouthpieces, Arnold Ross Brilhart also recorded about 30,000 records.

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