Rifling on Conn 3?
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Rifling on Conn 3?
I was going through some mouthpieces for students to use and found a Conn 3 in the pile. I checked to see if it was clean enough to play and found something really cool in the throat of the mouthpiece: rifling! Has anyone seen this on any other mouthpieces?
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Re: Rifling on Conn 3?
Glenn Zottola mouthpieces hade riffled backbore. Some of us tried them in the 60s.
Yes that´s right JohnL, not riffled. stepped.
Yes that´s right JohnL, not riffled. stepped.
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Re: Rifling on Conn 3?
Best Brass also has mouthpieces like this.
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That's a really tight twist.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2798402A
Are those cut in a spiral? It looks more like they're simple circumferential grooves.
I thought Zottola used a stepped backbore. That's certainly what the patent says.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2798402A
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Re: Rifling on Conn 3?
At one time, I had a lot of the Elkhart Conn mouthpieces. I don’t remember “rifling” marks like that in any of those. Perhaps someone made some aftermarket modifications with a reamer or a drill bit?
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I'm certain it was aftermarket. My Conn 3 has no rifling in the aperture (or anywhere else on the piece).
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That really looks like a failed attempt at reaming out the throat. Maybe they used a cylindrical file?
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Re: Rifling on Conn 3?
I'm thinking maybe a tap?Crazy4Tbone86 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:29 pm At one time, I had a lot of the Elkhart Conn mouthpieces. I don’t remember “rifling” marks like that in any of those. Perhaps someone made some aftermarket modifications with a reamer or a drill bit?
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Re: Rifling on Conn 3?
Off topic a bit, but a tap and die set can be useful.
I just helped assemble a handicapped ramp for a neighbor who'd had surgery. It's an assortment of pieces to be used temporarily so gets moved fairly often. The crew ran a tap down every threaded hole and a die across every threaded piece before assembling. That avoided a lot of frustration over munged up or just dirty threads.
I just helped assemble a handicapped ramp for a neighbor who'd had surgery. It's an assortment of pieces to be used temporarily so gets moved fairly often. The crew ran a tap down every threaded hole and a die across every threaded piece before assembling. That avoided a lot of frustration over munged up or just dirty threads.
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Re: Rifling on Conn 3?
I was able to take a look at the throat in a little better light. The sliver plating is only missing in the throat, so it is definitely modified. To me it looks like the throat was first drilled out and then "tapped".
One thing that is hard to see from the picture is that the total length of these marks are about 0.5 inches long, and are very uniform. It really looks like an attempt to try a new modification, and not a slipped bit.
I'll plug it in my Bach 36 later and see how playable it is.
One thing that is hard to see from the picture is that the total length of these marks are about 0.5 inches long, and are very uniform. It really looks like an attempt to try a new modification, and not a slipped bit.
I'll plug it in my Bach 36 later and see how playable it is.