{"id":1390,"date":"2010-07-03T20:33:22","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T01:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2014-01-16T22:35:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T03:35:36","slug":"meyer-alto-saxophone-mouthpiece-refaced-by-phil-engleman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/meyer-alto-saxophone-mouthpiece-refaced-by-phil-engleman\/","title":{"rendered":"Meyer Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Refaced by Phil Engleman"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a new Meyer medium chamber alto saxophone mouthpiece that is made by JJ Babbitt.\u00a0 If you have been an alto saxophone player for any length of time you will know the\u00a0 mouthpiece name “Meyer”.\u00a0\u00a0 It is one of the most popular alto saxophone mouthpieces ever sold.\u00a0\u00a0 When I was a kid, i remember going to the music store to get a Meyer because that was what all the best alto players were using.\u00a0 I had heard that Phil Woods played on one and then I went to a Jazz Festival and a group called the YellowJackets played.\u00a0\u00a0 They had one of the best alto sax players I had ever heard.\u00a0 His name was Marc Russo and his altissimo playing was amazing.\u00a0 I remember wondering what mouthpiece he played and someone told me…………..a Meyer. \u00a0 That same year I went to a summer band camp and the sax teacher was this college kid from Eastman that sounded amazing.\u00a0 What did he play?\u00a0 A Meyer. \u00a0 That did it for me, I had to get a Meyer.\u00a0 Anyways, back to the music store.\u00a0 I remember trying probably 10 different Meyer mouthpieces at that store and I hated everyone of them.\u00a0 Some were stuffy, some I squeaked on, some were too bright sounding, some I couldn’t get a any volume out of.\u00a0 I remember leaving that store totally bummed out ( I ended up getting a Beechler soon after that and played that all through college)……………..<\/p>\n

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Phil Engleman Refaced Meyer 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I never did run across a great Meyer\u00a0 alto mouthpiece\u00a0 but I’ve known tons of players through the years who have played them and sounded killer on them.\u00a0 Recently, Phil Engleman a mouthpiece refacer advertised that he was selling some stock Meyer that he would work on to make sure they played great.\u00a0 I took him up on his offer and bought a 6 & 7 from him.<\/p>\n

The day I received the mouthpieces in the mail I was heading off to teach so I just put them in my bag.\u00a0 One of my first students plays a Meyer 5 that he has been having issues with so I had him try the Meyer 6 that I had just received from Phil.\u00a0 I have to say that\u00a0 the difference in sound was immediate.\u00a0 I was thinking “Wow” in my head when the student stopped playing and looked at the piece and said “Wow” also.\u00a0 His sound was fuller and rounder sounding.\u00a0 Nice and smooth sounding.\u00a0 His old Meyer was always sounding raspy and spitty sounding and this new piece sounded 100% better.\u00a0 He wanted to buy it right there but you have to remember that I hadn’t even played the mouthpiece yet so I said “No” and gave him Phil’s email address to get his mouthpiece worked on during the summer.<\/p>\n

This clip is of the Meyer 6 from this story.\u00a0 It’s an easy mouthpiece to play with a brand new Vandoren Java 3 reed.\u00a0 I find the tone to be on the brighter side of the spectrum.\u00a0 The high end is a bright but still round sounding. \u00a0 The tone is incredibly easy to manipulate and shape.\u00a0 It reminds me a bit of my Aizen mouthpiece in the resistance it has.\u00a0 It feels easy to blow but it feels like you are blowing against something solid that makes the tone have a nice character to it.\u00a0 Also of note, is that I find the altissimo very easy to play on this mouthpiece.\u00a0 Much easier than some others I have played.\u00a0 The altissimo notes have a sweet sound to them that is beautiful sounding. \u00a0 I’m really diggin’ this piece for the time being and think I will hang on to it for awhile to see where it takes me.<\/p>\n

Phil Engleman Refaced Meyer 6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n