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Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews

Brian Powell Refaced NY Link 7*

August 13, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

This is a NY link that I won off ebay that was advertised as worked on by Theo Wanne.   I put my own baffle in it.  There is an earlier clip of it on here if you look with a description. I sent it off to Brian Powell and asked him to clean up […]

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Early Babbitt HR Otto Link 7* Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 8 Comments

Holy Cow!  This piece is great.  I just got four pieces back today from Brian Powell.  This is the Jon Van Wie refaced link that has a clip posted of it last year.  This piece always played nice but didn’t have any guts to it.  I really couldn’t dig in with it.  I played another […]

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Morgan 8M Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

Happy New Year!   This is a Morgan piece that I won off ebay.  These are the best mouthpieces for the price out there.   I’ve owned 3 of these as well as 3 of his clarinet mouthpieces.  Very consistent work.  You know when you order a Morgan that you won’t get a dud.   […]

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LAW Rollover 8B Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

This is one of four rollover baffle pieces I received from Lawrence Waldron. These are all pieces with smooth rollover baffles similar to metal links (but prettier).  They are different than the first high baffled piece that I recieved from Lawrie that is more like a Guardala Brecker baffle in that the baffles are a […]

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LAW Rollover 7*D Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

This is one of four rollover baffle pieces I received from Lawrence Waldron.  He is in the UK and makes LAW saxophone mouthpieces.  This one has a baffle in-between the IV and II model that I have also posted clips for.

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LAW Rollover 7* IV Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 3 Comments

This is one of 4 rollover baffle mouthpieces I received from Lawrence Waldron.  This has the highest and longest baffle of the four.   I think the chamber is smaller because the baffle runs through it.   This sounds the brightest to me of the four.

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LAW Rollover 7* II Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

This is one of 4 rollover baffle pieces I received from Lawrence Waldron. This is a LAW 7* II.  This one has the lowest baffle of the four I believe.  Darker sound.  Very pretty.  Doesn’t have the cut or projection of the 8B but has a nice dark sound.

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Theo Wanne NY Link .110 Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

I bought a Theo Wanne Link mouthpiece off ebay.  When I received it in the mail ,  it was way too bright for me.  It had that Brecker type baffle in it that made it super bright.  I took a screw driver and with a little pressure popped the baffle out (It’s a NY link […]

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Phil Barone New York 7* Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece-First Review

August 13, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

*This is the first mouthpiece I reviewed back in 2006 when I started Neffmusic.com.  This is pretty sad as far as an in-depth review goes.   I had no idea what to write about or say about this mouthpiece.  Who would have guessed that these clips below would turn into a 15+ year passion and hundreds […]

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Freddie Gregory Mark IV 7** Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 5 Comments

Here’s a hard rubber Freddie Gregory Mark IV 7** tenor saxophone mouthpiece. I really miss this tenor sax mouthpiece.  I sold it not too long after I bought it because I thought it was too bright. To be honest, there were quite a few gigs I had during that time that were amazing with this […]

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Florida/Early Babbitt HR Link 7* Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

This is a piece I bought about 4 years ago.  I got caught up in the whole “slant” hard rubber link thing and I emailed a guy who had a slant.   He had just sold it but said he had this piece that was as good or better than any slant he had ever played.  […]

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Drake Double Ring Ceramic Tenor Mouthpiece

August 11, 2009 by Steve 7 Comments

This is a tenor mouthpiece by Aaron Drake at Drake Ceramic Mouthpieces. He has been generous enough to send  two tenor mouthpieces for me to try.  These are called “Double Ring” Jazz and a Contemporary.  They are both .110 tips.  These mouthpiece are very unique in that they are made of ceramic. I  was a bit […]

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Theo Wanne Gaia 7* Tenor Mouthpiece

July 27, 2009 by Steve 20 Comments

This is a new Theo Wanne mouthpiece called the Gaia.  He advertises this on http://www.theowanne.com/ as being close to a Florida Link type of sound.  I have to say that out of the Theo Wanne pieces I have played so far this is my favorite. The higher baffle Wanne mouthpieces were too bright for what […]

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LAW Medium Chamber Bright (MCB) .110

February 9, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

This is another LAW mouthpiece by Lawrence Waldron in the UK. It was in the same package as the LCD(Large Chamber Dark) piece.  This piece is a MCB(Medium Chamber Bright) piece.  It has a roll over baffle that slopes more gradually into the chamber than the LCD piece.  This gives it a bit more power […]

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