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<\/a><\/p>\nThe beak of the mouthpiece has a low profile that I really like. It feels similar to my Lamberson J7 and is lower than\u00a0 hard rubber Otto Links . I usually prefer the lower profile beaks because they are more comfortable for me to play.\u00a0 The rubber has that vintage hard rubber smell to it.\u00a0 It looks and smells like great hard rubber to me.\u00a0 The tip and rails look about as perfect as you can get and\u00a0 the tip curve matched the Vandoren Java reeds I use perfectly.<\/p>\n
The baffle on the mouthpiece looks medium high to me and travels for a little bit before it slopes down into the medium chamber. \u00a0 Usually, mouthpiece with a baffle this high will play too bright for my tastes but this wasn’t the case for this mouthpiece.\u00a0 I have been told that this mouthpiece has a 24mm facing curve which means that the curve travels for 24mm from the tip of the mouthpiece until it meets with the reed.\u00a0 Most of my mouthpieces have a 25mm length curve so this played a bit different for me than the 25mm curve mouthpiece.\u00a0 I have found that a slightly shorter curve usually make a softer reed feel a bit harder and the response is improved.\u00a0 Altissimo notes are a bit easier to hit and the high end sounds a bit brighter to me.\u00a0 I find a shorter facing curve to have a slightly less fat and full bottom end on the sax but this mouthpiece was cool down there and as you can hear on the clip the bottom end sounds great.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n