I have an Ishimori Woodstone hard rubber tenor sax mouthpiece to review and play for you today. This is a 8 tip opening (.110) hard rubber mouthpiece. I have been eagerly wanting to play one of these Ishimori mouthpieces for quite a while. Ishimori Woodstone Hard Rubber Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Over the past few months, […]
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Lamberson F Major 7 Soprano Saxophone Mouthpiece
Today I’m reviewing a Fred Lamberson F Major 7 soprano saxophone mouthpiece. Fred Lamberson is a great mouthpiece maker that I have known about for years. I’ve tried most of his mouthpieces on my tenor saxophone and one of my favorite is my Lamberson J7. Over the years, I have never tried a Lamberson soprano […]
Theo Wanne Refaced Selmer Soloist Tenor Mouthpiece
Here’s another clip of a great Selmer Soloist that Mark Sepinuck let me try. For those of you who don’t know Mark he is one of the premier dealers of high end mouthpieces. If you look on ebay he goes by “10mfan”. I met Mark years ago when he used to live up near Boston. […]
Warburton A Series 8 Degree Tenor Sax Mouthpiece
This is a Warburton A series 8 degree tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I am reviewing today. This tenor saxophone mouthpiece has an 8* tip opening which is about .115. It is silver plated and came with a Rovner light ligature. These are made by Eric Falcon who was kind enough to send me some to […]
Jon Van Wie Modern Meyer 6MM Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is a modern Meyer that was refaced by the late great Jon Van Wie. I had Jon work on a few tenor mouthpieces for me and his work was always great. I don’t think I ever had him work on an alto mouthpiece so this is a real treat for me to play this […]
Aizen SO 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is a new Aizen SO mouthpiece that I received in the mail last week. It is a 7 tip opening. If you follow my blog regularly, then you might remember that I reviewed the very first limited edition Aizen alto sax mouthpiece when it first came out a few years ago. Since then, they […]
Ted Klum’s Versitone Acoustimax Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from Frank Klum asking if I’d be interested in trying out Ted Klum’s new Acoustimax alto saxophone mouthpiece. As I was reading the email, I got to the bottom and was in shock when I saw that Frank lives in Hollis, New Hampshire. Hollis is the […]
Marmaduke Hard Rubber Tenor Sax Mouthpiece 7*
Today, I am reviewing a mouthpiece that is made by Alex Miyatake in Japan. Alex says that he has developed this mouthpiece with the help of Ron Coelho of RPC mouthpieces. These are brand new mouthpieces and I have never heard of them until now. The mouthpiece that I am playing today is a 7* […]
Johannes Gerber Vintage Slant Tenor Mouthpiece
Today, I am reviewing a mouthpiece made by Johannes Gerber in South Africa. I have never played a Johannes Gerber mouthpiece before but have always wanted to. I have heard great things about his work and if you visit his site at www.jgerber.com the pictures will make you want to pull out your credit card […]
Sugal Super Gonz Copper Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is a very cherished mouthpiece for me. It was made by Gary Sugal in the early 90’s and is called the Super Gonz I. To give you a little background on this mouthpiece…………I started playing tenor around 1986. At that time, I was playing a Couf Superba 1 tenor with the only mouthpiece I […]
Theo Wanne Gold Kali Alto Mouthpiece
Here’s another Theo Wanne alto mouthpiece for you to check out. I just received a ton of these and I’m working my way through them. This is a brushed gold Kali mouthpiece. It is an 8 tip opening which is around a .080 I believe. This is similar to the Durga mouthpiece I reviewed earlier […]
Theo Wanne HR Amma Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is a Theo Wanne hard rubber Amma alto saxophone mouthpiece. Theo was kind enough to send me a big box of mouthpieces to try out and I spent all morning playing and recording them. This Amma is an .080 tip opening and is made out of hard rubber. The Amma has a slightly higher […]
Theo Wanne HR Gaia 8 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is a Theo Wanne hard rubber Gaia 8 alto saxophone mouthpiece. Theo was kind enough to send me a big box of mouthpieces to try out and I spent all morning playing and recording them. I already put up a clip of a Gaia 6 alto mouthpiece a couple of weeks ago. This one […]
MacSax Empyreal Alto Saxophone
Today, I’m reviewing the MacSax Empyreal Alto Saxophone. This sax is manufactured in Taiwan for the MacSax company in Austin Texas. This is the Unlacquered Finish model. It looks like bare brass which gives it a cool vintage look. I am told that the brass is subjected to a gas treatment that gives it a […]
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