This is a tenor mouthpiece I picked up at a music store a year or two ago. I use to own one about 8 years ago and it was one of my favorite mouthpieces so when I saw this one I grabbed it. Vandoren makes some of the best most consistent pieces out there. This mouthpiece plays a bit like an Otto Link but with more power and focus to the sound. I usually find that most mouthpieces sound much better when I play into a wall. I think it’s because they have a spread fat sound and it gets diffused in the room. So when you play facing a wall the sound bounces directly back at you.
When I play them into a wall the bounce back sound is very focused and centered and I love it. The thing with these Vandorens is that I don’t notice that as much. The sound I hear when I play into an open room is pretty close to the sound I’m hearing when I play into a wall. I think it’s due to the squeezed chamber really focusing and centering the sound. It can’t be too much more focused by playing into a wall it already is. Also, I notice that these mouthpieces usually sound great in a mic. I remember listening to recording of myself and always being happy with the sound from the V16 metal piece. It would just cut right through and be so clear in the monitors.
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