[Dixielandjazz] Brass poisoning? Or metal allergy?

[Rick Knittel]

Dave in Dalles wrote;

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:13:02 GMT "Dave Washburn" <tootn4u at juno.com>
writes:
> 
> I have a music store and repair shop in Texas. We had a student from 
> a nearby school develop an allergic reaction to her mouthpiece, 
> even after having it gold plated. Gold usually solves the problem, 
> but not in this case. So I shot a coat of lacquer on it (figuring it 
> won't hurt and I can always remove it) and that seemed to solve the 
> problem. Lacquer will probably wear off, but she has been OK for 
> nearly 2 years now. Some purists might say the lacquer will change 
> the sound characteristics but I'm not sure that is enough of a 
> problem to worry about. In this case this young lady just wanted to 
> be able to play.
> 
> 
> Dave in Dallas
 
For hyper allergenic brass musicians there are some very good acrylic
(plastic) mouth pieces made and although they are a little softer and
rounder tone are very pleasing to the musician to play. 

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