This is embarrassing to admit, but here is a review that I worked on many years ago and just found on my site as a draft! I had been working on it, got side tracked and then never posted it! That’s embarrassing! I actually still have this alto mouthpiece in a drawer here in my […]
Mouthpiece Reviews
10mFan Showboat Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Mark Sepinuck, 10mFan as he is known in the saxophone world, has been producing a line of tenor saxophone mouthpieces for the last five years that have been very popular with saxophone players around the world. I have reviewed some of 10mFan’s tenor sax mouthpiece models in the past such as the Robusto, the Black […]
JX Custom Series B Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the JX Custom Series B alto saxophone mouthpiece. This is made by Jianxing Li in Guangzhou, China. The JX custom Series B is advertised as a replica of a 1980’s Beechler metal alto saxophone mouthpiece. I have never played a Beechler metal alto sax mouthpiece from the 1980’s but my […]
Westcoast Sax MOAM .081 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing the Westcoast Sax “MOAM” .081 alto saxophone mouthpiece. You might remember that I reviewed a non-plated MOAM alto mouthpiece that had a .086 tip opening last fall. Matt Lee at Westcoast Sax is always picking interesting and understated names for his mouthpieces and this is no exception. The name MOAM stands for […]
Westcoast Sax MOAM .110 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today, I am reviewing another Westcoast Sax “MOAM” tenor saxophone mouthpiece. A few months ago, I reviewed an unplated .105 tip opening MOAM. Matt said he would send me a plated model of the MOAM when they were finished and I asked if I could get the .110 tip opening. I wasn’t planning on doing […]
Monster Berg Larsen .170 Tip Opening Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Yes, you read that right! A .170 tip opening!! That’s a 14 tip opening! To give you a little bit of a backstory, I received this email the other day from a fan of my site: “Hi Steve, I have a favor to ask of you, if you can fit it in to your schedule. […]
10mFan “The Classic” Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Mark Sepinuck, 10mFan as he is known in the saxophone world, came out with a line of tenor saxophone mouthpieces five years ago that have been very popular with saxophone players. Mark, created a very detailed three category system of tenor saxophone mouthpieces and he designed what he considered to be the best tenor sax […]
Finding Sax Mouthpiece Gold Among the Rubble
I’m always amazed when saxophone player’s tell me that they can know within seconds if a sax mouthpiece is right for them or not. The reason that this amazes me, is that my experience has been so different from that. For example, I received a sax mouthpiece a few months ago that is an old […]
Liu Shizhao Pearls Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Last year, I posted a review of a couple new saxophone mouthpieces from Liu Shizhao out of China. He sent me a tenor saxophone mouthpiece prototype MB Prototype , an alto prototype and the Pilgrimage tenor sax mouthpiece that I was very impressed with and wrote reviews on. This review is on another Liu Shizhao mouthpiece for the alto […]
Did someone say Sanborn?…….D&S A2 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
The other day I reviewed three tenor saxophone mouthpieces made by Donghee Cho in Seoul, South Korea. They were the Model 1, the Brecker II and the Brecker III tenor sax mouthpiece models. You can read how I was contacted by Donghee and asked to review his sax mouthpieces on any one of those reviews. Today, […]
D&S Brecker III Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
I receive emails all the time asking me to review saxophone mouthpieces. Many of these emails are from individuals and companies all around the globe that I have never heard of before. In the early years of the site, I would say yes to every request but after twelve years, I’m a bit more picky […]
D&S Brecker II Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
I receive emails all the time asking me to review saxophone mouthpieces. Many of these emails are from individuals and companies all around the globe that I have never heard of before. In the early years of the site, I would say yes to every request but after twelve years, I’m a bit more picky […]
D&S Model I Tenor Sax Mouthpiece Review
I receive emails all the time asking me to review saxophone mouthpieces. Many of these emails are from individuals and companies all around the globe that I have never heard of before. In the early years of the site, I would say yes to every request but after twelve years, I’m a bit more picky […]
Phil-Tone Novella Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Review
Today I am reviewing another great alto saxophone mouthpiece made by Phil Engleman at Phil-Tone mouthpieces. I have reviewed quite a few Phil-Tone sax mouthpieces on the site already and am always interested when Phil announces a new mouthpiece model. A couple of months ago he announced that he had a new mouthpiece model called the Novella […]
Recent Comments