{"id":6892,"date":"2013-02-18T14:55:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T19:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=6892"},"modified":"2022-11-18T12:22:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:22:20","slug":"bari-hybrid-tenor-saxophone-mouthpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/bari-hybrid-tenor-saxophone-mouthpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Bari Hybrid Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today, I am reviewing the Bari Hybrid tenor saxophone mouthpiece 7* (.105 tip opening). This mouthpiece has the gold band around it.\u00a0 It is called a &#8220;hybrid&#8221; because it is a mix of hard rubber and gold plated brass. The front part of the mouthpiece is all hard rubber but the shank and bore of the mouthpiece up to the chamber is brass. Due to the brass shank, the shank end of the mouthpiece is much heavier than the hard rubber end of the mouthpiece.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/BHTTop.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/BHTTop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bari Hybrid Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This Bari Hybrid mouthpiece is a great example of a more affordable mouthpiece that is on the market that plays very well. These have a retail price at WWBW of 129.99 right now. Many times, I have younger student looking for cheaper alternatives for step up mouthpieces that still play well.\u00a0 Usually, the stock response for tenor sax players is to get a Otto Link or Vandoren V16.\u00a0 This Bari Hybrid is another new alternative on the market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/BHTTable.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/BHTTable.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bari Hybrid Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The mouthpiece looks great from the top. The engraving and gold band look terrific. The rails, table, tip and baffle also looked good.\u00a0 The chamber of the mouthpiece looks to be a smaller chamber than an Otto Link would have.\u00a0 Unlike the alto mouthpiece, this chamber looks to be a perfect circle.\u00a0 I played a Rigotti Gold 2 1\/2 medium reed and Vandoren Optimum ligature with it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/BHTBaffle.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/BHTBaffle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bari Hybrid Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I thought this Bari Hybrid tenor mouthpiece played great. It had a nice rich dark sound to it. The low notes subtoned beautifully and the intonation was very good.\u00a0 The sound is full and focused with a nice rich core tone. I think this would be a great step up mouthpiece for middle school or high school kids as well as adults looking for an affordable tenor sax mouthpiece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If I compare it a modern hard rubber Otto Link,\u00a0 I would say the Bari has more of a focused core to the sound.\u00a0\u00a0 Modern Otto Links tend to have a more spread sound to them (sometimes even dull and dead)\u00a0 than this Hybrid mouthpiece has.\u00a0 This is probably due to the smaller chamber.\u00a0 It does have a slight rollover baffle but I would definitely consider this mouthpiece to be dark.\u00a0 Even the high notes were dark and round sounding for me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/BHTChamber.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/BHTChamber.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bari Hybrid Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWWBW\u201d is carrying the Bari Hybrid Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece. If you like this Bari Hybrid mouthpiece&#8217;s look and sound, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwbw.com\/Bari-Hybrid-Tenor-Saxophone-Mouthpiece-585599-i1534986.wwbw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWBW website<\/a>. All the Bari products are made in the USA in Sarasota, Florida.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let me know what you think in the comments below. Thanks, Steve<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6892-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/BariHybridTenor.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/BariHybridTenor.mp3\">https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/BariHybridTenor.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong>Bari Hybrid Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0PS.\u00a0\u00a0 If you order from WWBW, I suggest ordering at least 3 mouthpieces of the mouthpiece you are interested in.\u00a0\u00a0 Many times with mass produced mouthpieces there are variations between mouthpieces of the same make and size.\u00a0 If you order 3, you can choose the best one and then send the other 2 back for a refund (minus a small restocking fee). Make sure to check WWBW&#8217;s policy on mouthpiece returns first though.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I am reviewing the Bari Hybrid tenor saxophone mouthpiece 7* (.105 tip opening). This mouthpiece has the gold band around it.\u00a0 It is called a &#8220;hybrid&#8221; because it is a mix of hard rubber and gold plated brass. 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