{"id":4926,"date":"2011-09-21T22:18:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T03:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2014-01-16T14:58:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T19:58:50","slug":"saxz-vintage-1950-alto-saxophone-mouthpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/saxz-vintage-1950-alto-saxophone-mouthpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"SAXZ “Vintage 1950” Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a SaxZ “Vintage 1950” hard rubber alto saxophone mouthpiece.\u00a0 SaxZ is a company in Japan which is run by Mitsu Watanabe.\u00a0 I reviewed a SAXZ Dave Sanborn model which was a very modern sounding mouthpiece about a month ago.\u00a0 This alto saxophone mouthpiece is SAXZ’s version of a vintage 1950 type mouthpiece.<\/p>\n

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SAXZ\u00a0 “Vintage 1950” Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n

This mouthpiece looks great.\u00a0 The tip and rails were even and well cut.\u00a0 The baffle was a rollover baffle that declines smoothly into a medium size chamber.<\/p>\n

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I’m not sure how much of a 1950’s vibe that I felt with this mouthpiece.\u00a0 It was\u00a0 a very powerful, full and bright sounding mouthpiece.\u00a0 The intonation was good and it was very easy to play throughout the range of the horn.<\/p>\n

Here are some words about the mouthpiece from Sax-ccessories site that sells them.:<\/p>\n

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“The Saxz Vintage 1950 alto sax mouthpiece has a husky and dark sound with a lot of buzz like a 1950’s sound. This mouthpiece has very quick response and all the playability and very good pitch that you find in today’s mouthpieces. This is a mouthpiece that offers outstanding performance.\u00a0It features a low baffle with medium large chamber. It has a hand-finished\u00a0body, tip, and side rails.” <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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SAXZ\u00a0 “Vintage 1950” Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can hear the brightness and edge in the sound in the audio clip below.\u00a0 For me,\u00a0 it had more of a modern sound although, when I think 1950’s alto players I guess the names that come to mind are Paul Desmond, Phil Woods, Sonny Stitt, Bud Shank, Art Pepper and Charlie Parker,\u00a0 I think most of those guys were probably in there twenties or thirties during the 50’s.\u00a0 When I think of those players sounds I do think of a brighter alto sound so I can see where this could have a 50’s vibe to it.\u00a0 It certainly could be a great lead alto mouthpiece because of the brightness and power it has.<\/p>\n

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Let me know what you think in the comments below. Thanks, Steve<\/p>\n

SAXZ\u00a0 “Vintage 1950” Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong>
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This is a SaxZ “Vintage 1950” hard rubber alto saxophone mouthpiece.\u00a0 SaxZ is a company in Japan which is run by Mitsu Watanabe.\u00a0 I reviewed a SAXZ Dave Sanborn model which was a very modern sounding mouthpiece about a month ago.\u00a0 This alto saxophone mouthpiece is SAXZ’s version of a vintage 1950 type mouthpiece. SAXZ\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":14606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1123,46],"tags":[297,117,623,627],"class_list":{"0":"post-4926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alto-medium-baffle-reviews","8":"category-alto-mouthpieces","9":"tag-alto-saxophone","10":"tag-sax-mouthpiece","11":"tag-saxz","12":"tag-vintage-1950","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}