Model:  Tonaline

Sax: 

Material:  ebonite (?)

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  Famous alto players who used Brilhart mouthpieces include Charlier Parker (below left) and Benny Carter (below right).

Model:  Streamline

Sax: 

Material:  ebonite (?)

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  Stan Getz (below) used a white Brilhart Streamline #7 mouthpiece during the period 1950-1954.

Stan Getz used a white Brilhart Streamline #7 mouthpiece during the period 1950-1954.

Model:  Ebolin

Sax:  alto, tenor

Material:  plastic

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  Made of injection molded plastic.

Model: Levelaire metal

Sax: 

Material:  metal

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  On the left is a vintage Brilhart Levelaire metal tenor mouthpiece.

From the 1930s, Arnold Brilhart was a popular radio and recording saxophonist. During the 1940s, Brilhart mouthpiece became very popular, which prompted Arnold Brilhart to contact a French saxophone company to tool up for an own line of Brilhart saxophones. The picture on the right shows him in 1994 around the time of his 90th birthday with a Brilhart alto saxophone, the only saxophone ever made under the name of Brilhart. in 1967, the Brilhart company was sold to Selmer and Brilhart took an employment at Rico International.

Arnold Brilhart

For a comprehensive history of Brilhart mouthpieces please visit Theo Wanne's Brilhart page here.

Model: Levelaire hard rubber

Sax: 

Material:  hard rubber / plastic

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  On the left is a vintage Brilhart 4* Levelaire tenor mouthpiece that was opened up to 0.1” tip opening. Note that the Levelaire metal and hard rubber mouthpieces feature different designs.

Model:  VB

Sax:  alto, tenor

Material:  plastic

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  On the left is a “VB” Brilhart mouthpiece with a tip opening of 0.090”.

Model: Tonalite

Sax:  alto, tenor

Material:  plastic

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  This is a rare Brilhart Tonalite mouthpiece for tenor sax, stamped “4” (0.090”), made of clear plastic.

Model: Velvet Brass

Sax:  tenor

Material:  metal

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  On the left is a very rare ‘Velvet Brass’ Brilhart metal tenor mouthpiece with a serial #1060.

Model: 3-Band Ligature

Sax:

Material:  metal

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  These ‘3-band’ Brilhart ligatures are some of the most sought after ligatures and fetch record prices at auctions, rivaling prices of new saxophones.

Model: Unmarked

Sax:  soprano

Material:  hard rubber

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  On the left is an unmarked vintage Brilhart large chamber soprano mouthpiece from the 1920/30s. It features a red marbled hard rubber, concave side walls, and has a small tip opening of 0.045” typical for that period.