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Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews

SYOS Tivon Pennicott Signature Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

August 23, 2019 by Steve 12 Comments

Today, I am reviewing another tenor saxophone mouthpiece from a fairly new company called SYOS mouthpieces in France.  This company hit the saxophone mouthpiece scene not too long ago and immediately caught the world’s attention by producing these really bright colored 3D printed saxophone mouthpieces made of plastic.  I remember thinking they were strange looking […]

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10mFan Generation II Robusto Ultem Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

August 17, 2019 by Steve 30 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a new tenor saxophone mouthpiece from 10mFan sax mouthpieces.  This is a generation II Ultem Robusto 7** orange tenor saxophone mouthpiece. (Yes, I wrote “orange”!)  I reviewed a first generation hard rubber Robusto 7** tenor sax mouthpiece a few years ago that I still have in my collection of favorite tenor […]

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SYOS Chad Lefkowitz-Brown Signature Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

August 3, 2019 by Steve 42 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a tenor saxophone mouthpiece from a fairly new company called SYOS mouthpieces in France.  This company hit the saxophone mouthpiece scene not too long ago and immediately caught the world’s attention by producing these really bright colored 3D printed saxophone mouthpieces made of plastic.  I remember thinking they were strange looking […]

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Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Hard Rubber Tenor Mouthpiece Review

July 27, 2019 by Steve 24 Comments

I was excited to hear that Theo Wanne was releasing a new tenor saxophone mouthpiece called the Gaia 3 a few months ago and asked Theo if I could review it.  I had reviewed the original Gaia tenor saxophone mouthpiece back in 2009 and it was one of  the best tenor saxophone mouthpieces I had […]

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Theo Wanne Gaia 3 Metal Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

July 16, 2019 by Steve 36 Comments

I was excited to hear that Theo Wanne was releasing a new tenor saxophone mouthpiece called the Gaia 3 a few months ago and asked Theo if I could review it.  I had reviewed the original Gaia tenor saxophone mouthpiece back in 2009 and it was one of  the best tenor saxophone mouthpieces I had […]

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Brand Spankin’ New Florida Otto Link Metal 100th Anniversary Model Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

May 26, 2019 by Steve 22 Comments

A few weeks ago, I reviewed a new 100th anniversary model Florida Otto Link tenor saxophone mouthpiece by JJ Babbitt that I found out after the fact was refaced by Jimmy Jensen at Tenor Madness. I decided to proceed with the review anyways with the hopes that I would soon get a brand new JJ […]

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Florida Otto Link Metal 100th Anniversary Model Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece refaced by Jimmy Jensen Review

April 29, 2019 by Steve 26 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a new 100th anniversary model Florida Otto Link tenor saxophone mouthpiece refaced by Jimmy Jensen.  The vintage metal Florida Otto Link tenor sax mouthpieces from the 1960’s are some of the most sought after vintage Otto Links on the vintage sax mouthpiece market today.  When I heard the news that JJ […]

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Sugal Super Gonz I Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

March 4, 2019 by Steve 8 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a “Sugal Super Gonz I” tenor saxophone mouthpiece like the one I played for seven years back in the 90s.  Before the Super Gonz I,  I had been playing a Sugal JB model tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I bought from Jerry Bergonzi in 1991 and had been using for about two […]

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JX Custom JXFL 8 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

February 19, 2019 by Steve 27 Comments

Today, I am reviewing the JX Custom JXFL 8 tenor saxophone mouthpiece that is said to be similar in design to a Francois Louis solid silver 8 tenor saxophone mouthpiece like Bob Berg used to play.    This is made by Jianxing Li in Guangzhou, China. A number of months ago, I was contacted and […]

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Phil Barone Hollywood 8 Tenor Sax Mouthpiece Refaced by MojoBari

January 27, 2019 by Steve 17 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a unique Phil Barone Hollywood 8 tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I had Keith Bradbury (Mojobari) work on for me a number of years ago.  I had originally bought this from a sax player who said it was his gigging mouthpiece for a number of years.  The bite plate had some deep […]

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Corry Bros Mesa Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

January 14, 2019 by Steve 10 Comments

Today I am reviewing a new mouthpiece from Jim and Paul Corry over in the UK.  They are the owners of Corry Bros Saxophone Mouthpieces.  As happens regularly on my site, someone contacted me and asked if I could review some of the Corry Bros sax mouthpieces.  I had never heard of them but after […]

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Saxscape Live Slim Profile Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

January 10, 2019 by Steve 31 Comments

Ken Barry, at Saxscape mouthpieces has been making mouthpiece since before I started  my website at neffmusic.com.  About 4 years ago, I saw a clip of one of my favorite tenor sax players (Danny Walsh) on Youtube playing a prototype Saxscape “Live” tenor sax mouthpiece and I thought he sounded amazing on it.  Here is […]

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10mFan Showtime Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

December 28, 2018 by Steve 16 Comments

Mark Sepinuck, 10mFan as he is known in the saxophone world, has been producing a line of tenor and alto saxophone mouthpieces for the last six 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, […]

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RPC 110B Red Letter Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Review

December 21, 2018 by Steve 12 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a RPC 110B tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by Ron Coelho, at RPC mouthpieces.   I used to own one of these 110B tenor sax mouthpieces back in the mid 2000’s before I started this website and remember gigging on it for about 6-8 months at the time.  I was playing a lot of […]

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