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<\/a><\/p>\nPhil Barone NY 7* Tenor Sax Mouthpiece If any of you have been with me from the very beginning of this site, you might remember that the very first mouthpiece I reviewed was a Phil Barone NY model that had been refaced 3 or 4 times.\u00a0 I had a hard time with that piece.\u00a0 I remember I just couldn’t get any power or projection out of it.\u00a0 I sent it away to get refaced and every time it came back it was better but not where I wanted it.\u00a0 I ended up selling it to someone who loved the sound clip I did with it.<\/p>\n Now I should mention, that I did play a NY model way back around 2001 that I received on trial from WWBW.\u00a0 I ordered 6 or 7 Barone mouthpieces from them to try.\u00a0 I happened to love the NY model.\u00a0 I took it on a gig and it was great.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I wasn’t sure if it was worth the money compared to my Sugal I had then and I sent it back.\u00a0 I have thought about that Barone NY quite a bit since then.\u00a0 This was all before I had this website.\u00a0 I also had 3 jazz models and 2 Hollywoods over those years.\u00a0 I always got on great with the Jazz models but I played a lot of R&B and Pop music and always ended up feeling like they were too dark for that style of music.\u00a0 The Hollywoods were better but they lost the dark fat sound I liked about the jazz and were to far on the bright side of things for my tastes.<\/p>\n This NY model reminds me of that NY Barone I tried from WWBW years ago.\u00a0 It has a fattness and thickness to the sound but also has tons of power and brightness in the sound when pushed.\u00a0 This\u00a0 mouthpiece is a good example of a healthy resistance. \u00a0 I feel like I’m blowing against something and that helps me to shape and mold the sound the way I want.\u00a0 I have noticed that mouthpieces with this kind of resistance take some getting used to.\u00a0 My Lamberson J7 is like this also.\u00a0 You have to really play it for awhile and get used to it.\u00a0 If you jump to it from a more free blowing mouthpiece it feels stuffy and hard to blow.\u00a0 My Lamberson is the same way……… If you stay on it though it really feels great after a little while.<\/p>\n Phil has an interesting technique in that he pinches the sides of\u00a0 his tips so they are much slimmer than in the middle of the tip rail.\u00a0 I’m not sure why he does this or where he got it from? I’ve never seen another mouthpiece maker do this and I think it is original to Barone mouthpieces.\u00a0 The reed still seals great and I actually like the way many of the Barones I have played have responded.\u00a0 I’m not sure if that is because of the tip technique or something else like the facing curve.<\/p>\n Phil is a big fan of taking more mouthpiece into your mouth so that the reed can vibrate to it’s full capacity.\u00a0 This mouthpiece does play\u00a0 with a bigger fuller sound when I take in more that is for sure.<\/p>\n Phil Barone NY 7* Tenor Sax Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n Take a listen to the sound clips and the other Barone examples on my site.\u00a0 If your interested in a Barone mouthpiece contact Phil Barone through his website at http:\/\/philbarone.com\/<\/a> .\u00a0 Let me know what you think.\u00a0 Thanks,\u00a0\u00a0 Steve<\/p>\n
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