{"id":4726,"date":"2011-06-13T20:50:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T01:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=4726"},"modified":"2014-01-21T21:02:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T02:02:18","slug":"lamberson-f-major-soprano-saxophone-mouthpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/lamberson-f-major-soprano-saxophone-mouthpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamberson F Major 7 Soprano Saxophone Mouthpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today I&#8217;m reviewing a Fred Lamberson F Major 7 soprano saxophone mouthpiece.\u00a0 Fred Lamberson is a great mouthpiece maker that I have known about for years.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve tried most of his mouthpieces on my tenor saxophone and one of my favorite is my Lamberson J7.\u00a0 Over the years,\u00a0 I have never tried a Lamberson soprano mouthpiece though.\u00a0 I borrowed this mouthpiece from Timothy James who was nice enough to let me try it for a week.\u00a0 Tim&#8217;s website is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tjontheroad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.tjontheroad.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/LamTop.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/images\/stories\/easygallery\/88888894\/LamTop.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Lamberson F Major 7 Soprano Sax Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This mouthpiece doesn&#8217;t have any numbers on it but I am told that it is a .070 tip.\u00a0 It has what I would consider a medium high baffle that ends in a squeezed circular chamber.\u00a0 The chamber is quite a bit smaller than my Theo Wanne Gaia mouthpiece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/LamBaffle.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/images\/stories\/easygallery\/88888894\/LamBaffle.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Lamberson F Major 7 played easily with a Vandoren Java #3 reed.\u00a0 It has a nice center and focus to the tone because of the higher baffle.\u00a0 The intonation was great.\u00a0 It had a sweetness to the sound that I really loved.\u00a0 Also, the notes have a certain depth and thickness to them that I really liked.\u00a0 This mouthpiece is more resistant than the Gaia but like have said in other posts,\u00a0 this is a healthy nice resistance that allows the player to shape and mold the sound. \u00a0 I recorded this about 2-3 feet in front of my soprano bell.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not totally convinced that this is the best way to record soprano because the different notes have a different timbre depending on what&#8217;s coming out the bell at the mic but that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m doing until I find a better way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you like the sound of this mouthpiece check out\u00a0 http:\/\/lambersonmouthpieces.com\/ .\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure if Fred Lamberson is still making mouthpieces but if you are lucky enough to run across one give it a try!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4726-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/LambersonFMaj7Soprano.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/LambersonFMaj7Soprano.mp3\">https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/LambersonFMaj7Soprano.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m reviewing a Fred Lamberson F Major 7 soprano saxophone mouthpiece.\u00a0 Fred Lamberson is a great mouthpiece maker that I have known about for years.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve tried most of his mouthpieces on my tenor saxophone and one of my favorite is my Lamberson J7.\u00a0 Over the years,\u00a0 I have never tried a Lamberson soprano 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