Posted by Marty Neilan on March 01, 2001 at 09:59:43:
In Reply to: Question about those "shower heads"... posted by Dave on February 28, 2001 at 18:27:28:
In the case of the Warburton-Neilan that Terry made a little while back, it was a lot more expensive than a stock mouhtpiece for a couple reasons:
He had to specially make the oversized blanks, it is not something he would normally have sitting around.
Because he only made a few and they required a special setup of the machine, he could have been cranking lots of trumpet mouthpieces in the time it took to get his lathe configured for the huge mouthpieces, cut a few, and then set his equipment back to normal again.
I am sure that if he started making them a hundred at a time, the price would have been dramatically less.
He may still have some blanks left and be able to make one if anyone out there is interested.
Marty 'It ain't the brass you pay for, its the machines, labor, and skill' Neilan