Two questions about Jet Tones.

kehaulani · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 9:08 am Post subject: Two questions about Jet Tones.

*Are there any non-lead players playing Jet Tomes? (Al Hirt notwithstanding.)
*Who are they?
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Tony Scodwell · Heavyweight Member Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 1961

Would Doc Severinsen qualify?

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gwood66 · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 9:53 am Post subject:

Thad Jones? On the video of Central Park North it looks like he playing a Jet Tone flugel mouthpiece.
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rap · Regular Member Joined: 24 Nov 2001 Posts: 53 Location: UK

I seem to remember the Jet-Tone brochure had Clark Terry and Bobby Hackett using their mouthpieces.

Denny Schreffler · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 10:00 pm Post subject:

kehaulani · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 8:48 am Post subject:

Thanks. I guess mainly nigh-note but adaptable. I wonder which model would be most adaptable to combo jazz playing, Symphony model?
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Ed Kennedy · Heavyweight Member Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 3187

You might take a look at the Patrick mouthpiece site. Many of his pieces are based on JetTone designs.

RussellDDixon · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:12 am Post subject:

Denny Schreffler · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:58 am Post subject:

kehaulani · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 11:03 am Post subject:

No, I know of other sources like Legend etc. Just curious who played them, that's all.
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Tony Scodwell · Heavyweight Member Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 1961

Why do so many people think Ratzenberger made Jet-Tones are the true versions? Ray Amado developed the original concept and Bill Ratzenberger was his business partner until Ray caught him stealing from the till. Ray packed up and left Ratzenberger to carry on. Bill Ratzenberger owned a night club in Bridgeport, Conn. and didn't have the skill to screw a burr on a bolt and the "original" Jet-Tones produced by him after Amado left were never good or consistent. They got worse when the business changed hands many times over the years. I know the Legends are quite accurate as I gave them the original Ray Amado made pieces to copy.

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kehaulani · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:14 pm Post subject:

Wow, Tony, thanks for the info!
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Denny Schreffler · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:20 pm Post subject: Re: "True" Jet-Tones

Andy Cooper · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 3:43 pm Post subject:

Some time in the late 80's or early 90's I purchased some Jet-tones. I think they were size "7" somethings and a DS. The "7"s ID felt similar to a Bach 10 1/2 C while the DS felt like perhaps a Bach 8C and the Symphony - perhaps in the Bach 5C range.

A little later, Woodwind & Brasswind acquired the rights to the name and sold the mouthpieces. I'm not sure who actually made them (Kanstul?). I ordered some more mouthpieces. The "7" size was now about like a Bach 6C or 7C, the Symphony model felt like a Bach 1 1/2 C.

I see that WWBW is now selling 8 Jet-Tone models again - specifically under the Jet-Tone name and logo. I wonder what size they are? I might try the Symphony C again - liked the rim shape.

maynard-46 · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:27 pm Post subject: Two questions about Jet Tones.

The current models WW&BW are selling are made by Schilke.

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peanuts56 · Veteran Member Joined: 21 Nov 2021 Posts: 229

Pretty sure Don Ellis played the Roy Stevens Model for a time, and they were made by Jet Tone. I know Don had studied with Roy. I had one and gave it away to a former student. Cleaning out a closet recently, I recently found the flugelhorn mp that was a Roy Stevens model.

My mother had a cousin in Bridgeport who was a good trumpeter. He had a few Jet Tones that he bought from Ratzenberger in the early 70's. He liked them.

JeffM729 · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:56 pm Post subject:

I don’t see Charley Shavers or Ernie Royal mentioned yet as Jet-Tone jazz artists. Add them in.

GordonH · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2022 3:28 am Post subject:

Dave Stahl too.
I played his JetTone for a while in the 80s, model SS.
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