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Ooh, what did you get?

If Vladimir still at Dillon music?
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A huge photo of a huge Holton.

Very neat! There are some old photos here somewhere of old mouthpieces that Oberloh restored and blinged up... satin/shiny combinations. Really nice looking work. I'll try to find that link...
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Mouthpieceexpress.com in Roanoke, VA does custom mpc work, including engraving and plating services :!:
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Here's Lee Stofer's work on my Holton mouthpiece. He also did the work on my 2 original Conn Helleberg pieces.
He understood the importance of preserving the original contours.


I have a very cool vintage Holton sousaphone that this will be paired with.


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Re: MP restoration

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The process for restoring a mouthpiece is pretty straightforward:

1) Bring to a plater and have all the plating removed so you have just the raw brass.
2) Polish and sand as appropriate. Note that you can only remove material and once it's gone it's gone. This is a bit of an art and you have to pick your battles. On a positive note, this is your chance to change a rim profile or other feature if you wish.
3) Return perfectly polished raw brass mouthpiece to a *trusted* plater that will do a good quality job.
4) Final polish for affect.

I would imagine most good shops can do this and have a good working relationship with a plater. The cost of the job often varies quite a bit with the price of silver.
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