This Brilhart Level Air was repaired for flute maker Bruce Bailey. This was a tough job requiring the use of industrial diamonds instead of sand paper. The tip was damaged by a previous refacer, and it was not possible to get a reading at the fulcrum. There was also a lot of decay on the table, underneath the window.
If you look closely at the pictures, you can see a little triangle at the bottom right of the table. This is the result of several hours of work moving the table. I felt lucky to even get a reading. The MPC was very unforgiving and difficult to work with. All the way till the end, it was playing very poorly. Using the diamond stone, I put curve back into the MPC and got a good solid reading.
This MPC is very warm for a Level Air. I got that sound by using a sander going down the middle of the baffle, then finishing it off with a knife.
Bruce liked the Level Air best of all the mouthpieces I did for him:
- "I tried the mouthpieces over the weekend and all are vastly improved. The metal tenor Brilhart is the best of the bunch! Thanks so much for the great work." Bruce Bailey
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