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<\/a><\/p>\nAizen SO 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece This is the description from the Aizen website about the Aizen SO mouthpiece: Players using the AIZEN SO can experience that unique vintage mouthpiece sound, while also enjoying a stress-free, well-balanced sound over the whole range from top to bottom.” <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Like all Aizen mouthpieces, the SO mouthpiece looks great. The rails and tip look terrific and the chamber and baffle are nice and smooth. The tip is perfectly matched to the Java and Ishimori Woodstone reeds I tried with it. The engraving looks pretty cool on it also. The chamber had straight side walls and looks as perfect as can be.<\/p>\n As far as sound you can judge for yourself from the recording.\u00a0 My first thought, when I played it with the same 2 1\/2 reed that I used on the NY Jazz and Jazz Master, was that it was extremely easy blowing and responsive.\u00a0 The 2 1\/2 felt so easy to blow on it even though it has the same tip opening as the NY Jazz and Jazz Master.\u00a0 In the other Aizen reviews,\u00a0 I talk about the resistance I like so much in these mouthpieces.\u00a0 This SO mouthpiece had hardly any resistance what so ever.\u00a0 I would just blow and it would play effortlessly.\u00a0 I found that I had to move up to a 3 size reed and even that was pretty easy to blow.<\/p>\n The sound was very pure and focused, almost classical sounding to me.\u00a0 When I played it seemed like the tone was tight and centered.\u00a0 The baffle seemed like it was close to the NY Jazz baffle.\u00a0 It had a pretty high roll over baffle at the tip that rolls into the chamber.\u00a0 The chamber is small and looks like a Selmer Soloist type horse-shoe chamber.\u00a0 I think it is this smaller horse-shoe chamber that focuses and centers the sound.<\/p>\n The first clip below is of the Aizen SO with a 2 1\/2 reed.\u00a0 It is super free blowing and has hardly any resistance that I can feel.\u00a0 What’s weird is that the reed doesn’t feel too soft.\u00a0 It feels great.\u00a0 The only thing I noticed was how fast it responded and how loud and bright I could get it by blowing a little harder.\u00a0 It was a great all round sound and could get really loud because of the lack of resistance with the 2 1\/2 reed. I think this was the loudest of the Aizen mouthpieces that I tried this week.\u00a0 When I played this downstairs around my family a few of my family members liked the sound of this mouthpiece the most of the Aizens I was trying that day.<\/p>\n The second clip is of the Aizen SO with a 3 Woodstone reed.\u00a0 I almost put up the clip of the 2 1\/2 and walked away but last night I was thinking about how easy it was to blow and decided I would try it again today with a 3 reed.\u00a0 I put up both clips just so you could hear how it plays with both reeds.<\/p>\n In my opinion, the 2 1\/2 reed was quite a bit brighter than the 3.\u00a0 The 3 reed had a little more character and depth to the tone.\u00a0 A bit darker and more controlled I think.\u00a0 My preference was the 3 reed.\u00a0 It gave me some of that resistance that I like to feel when I play a mouthpiece.\u00a0 This mouthpiece actually would be an excellent choice for those looking for a mouthpiece for both classical and jazz playing.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One interesting aspect for me was that the overtones and altissimo on this mouthpiece were much easier to play than most other alto mouthpieces I have played.\u00a0 Also, usually my low C tends to gurgle with small chambered pieces but with this Aizen SO it didn’t at all.\u00a0 The low C was perfect……….I found that interesting.<\/p>\n Aizen SO 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Give a listen to the sound clip below to hear for yourself what these mouthpieces sound like.\u00a0\u00a0 If you are interested in trying one of these visit Aizen’s website<\/a> at for more information. Thanks again to Aizen for letting me try another great mouthpiece. \u00a0 Please let me know what you think below in the comments…………….<\/p>\n Here’s the SO with a 2 1\/2 Ishimori Woodstone reed.<\/p>\n
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\n“<\/strong><\/em>With its smooth flow and outstanding responsiveness, this is a high quality mouthpiece, suitable for both classical and jazz alike.
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