{"id":13763,"date":"2013-12-18T23:01:51","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T04:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=13763"},"modified":"2014-01-16T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T19:50:26","slug":"absolute-alto-alto-saxophone-mouthpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/absolute-alto-alto-saxophone-mouthpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Absolute “Alto+” Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I am reviewing a mouthpiece made by the Absolute company<\/a>. These are made in Italy and this model is called the “Alto +”. There is also an Alto AL, Alto ST and an Alto R model on their website. You can also find all these models for Baritone, Soprano and Tenor saxophones as well.\u00a0 This + model is made of stainless steel.\u00a0 Below is a picture of many of the ST mouthpieces for all the saxophones.
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Absolute ST Saxophone Mouthpiece Line
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All of these models are priced pretty reasonably. This model is about 282 US dollars. (the exchange rate is always changing so this price will fluctuate somewhat)<\/p>\n

The mouthpiece looks great. The tip rails look very even and it has a straight baffle that angles down into another baffle that drops down to a Berg like scoop into the chamber.\u00a0\u00a0 The sidewalls are straight and even until they meet the circular medium-large chamber.<\/p>\n

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Absolute “Alto+”\u00a0 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tip opening on this mouthpiece is a 7* which is a .090 tip opening which surprised me because I have never been very comfortable with anything over .080 on alto yet I was very comfortable on this mouthpiece. A Vandoren Java 3 reed played perfectly on it for me. The Absolute + alto mouthpiece comes with it’s own custom built ligature which is really nice. If you look at the picture below you will see that the ligature has 8 sides to it. These 8 sides match up perfectly with the 8 sides the mouthpiece has. It is next to impossible to have trouble with this ligature. You just slide it on in the position that fits the mouthpiece and then tighten. As you tighten the crew, the plates descend down onto the reed and clamp it to the table. It’s a very inventive and unique design in my opinion……….<\/p>\n

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Absolute Alto + Saxophone Ligature<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Absolute Alto + mouthpiece has an almost duckbill type design to the beak although it is not as extreme as some duckbill beaked mouthpieces I have played. It feels very comfortable to me.<\/p>\n

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Absolute “Alto+”\u00a0 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tone of the Absolute “Alto +” is focused and brighter to me. It’s tone has a nice bright bebop sound to it that can also cover the louder R&B type alto genres.\u00a0 It’s brighter than the ST model that I reviewed earlier.\u00a0\u00a0 To demonstrate this,\u00a0 I played the same solo clip from a Phil Woods solo (The Summer Knows)\u00a0 from the Absolute ST review clip.\u00a0 If you go to that clip and compare it to this clip I think you can hear how it is brighter and louder that the ST clip.
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Absolute “Alto+”\u00a0 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are interested in the Absolute “Alto +” alto saxophone mouthpiece contact Marco at Absolutesax.com<\/a>. This is a great alto mouthpiece!!<\/p>\n

Let me know what you think in the comments below………….Thanks, Steve<\/p>\n

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Absolute “Alto+”\u00a0 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Absolute “Alto+”\u00a0 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n

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