This is an old Morgan 6J soprano mouthpiece that a student of mine let me borrow.   These were made by the legendary Ralph Morgan.  Ralph passed away in 2007 and it was a great loss to the saxophone world.  I’ve told this story before but one time I had a Morgan mouthpiece that was refaced by Jon Van Wie.  I was complaining that I wasn’t really digging it online and the next thing I know I get an email from Ralph asking to talk to me on the phone.  I called him up and he talked to me about mouthpieces and the saxophone for what seemed like an hour.  He offered to look at the piece and reface it for free if it needed it.  It seemed like he knew the answer to every question I had and he really seemed to enjoy talking about  the saxophone and mouthpieces.  It was a great experience to be able to talk to him like that.

I really enjoyed playing this mouthpiece.   The tone has a nice ring to it.  From what I have heard the tip opening of this 6J is a .065.  It is very easy to play with a Java 2 1/2 reed.   This piece is a lot easier to play in the second register than my SS J. It seems like there is less resistance to it than the Super Session. Maybe it’s just the smaller tip opening.  I haven’t seen many of these around lately so if you are lucky enough to stumble upon one  give it a try.   I’m fiddlin’ around with  ”On the Sunny Side of the Street” on this clip.  Let me know what you think.    Steve

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