Hammond 12ML Mark Identification

HGrobot · Post by **HGrobot** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:36 am

I was taking a closer look at a Hammond 12ML large shank mouthpiece I purchased used over the summer and noticed a couple markings on it that I don’t have on my small shank 12ML. I’m curious if anyone knows what they mean and if there may be any difference between this one and a 12ML without the markings on it?

tbonesullivan · Post by **tbonesullivan** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:42 am

I would contact Hammond directly. They are usually quite responsive. It's also possible that those markings are not ones that they added.

bbalika · Post by **bbalika** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 1:34 pm

I’m not sure about the 3, but the V is probably for Santa Clara Vanguard.

Mv2541 · Post by **Mv2541** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 2:19 pm

Just a complete guess but if it was part of a drum corps perhaps they had a bunch of identical mouthpieces numbered so you would know which is yours?

HGrobot · Post by **HGrobot** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:28 pm

bbalika wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 1:34 pm I’m not sure about the 3, but the V is probably for Santa Clara Vanguard.

So after a bit of googling it turns out you are 100% correct.
https://m.facebook.com/SCV/posts/10156069727960336
Hammond did a series of mouthpieces for them at one point. Mv2541 may be correct about the mouthpiece being numbered to distinguish them from one another. I’ll probably contact Hammond as well because I’m curious to find out a bit more about it.

Hammond 12ML Mark Identification

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