Mouthpieces Absolute passaround?

[Sue]

Fixed 🙂 - who knows what I did 🙂

 

[Alphorn]

Link for the 2 soprano pieces, help me choose which one I should buy @trimmy

Having listened with half-decent in ear headphones, It is still not easy. If you want an answer I would say, take the metal. To my ears the resin has a very slightly hollow tone. In soprano I am more attracted by a centered, sweet and clear tone. Even an oboish tone is sometimes ok for me, while others cringe by the mere idea of such a tone on soprano. It is very personal. Both pieces are rather close to each other. I wonder how they will sound once they have arrived for testing.

Alphorn

 

[Jeanette]

Loved the resin one when I first heard it. Then listened to the metal and it sounded a little warmer in tone but the more I listen the less difference I am hearing.

Difficult one @Sue but you won't go wrong with either 🙂

Jx

 

[Alphorn]

I realize my post above sounds a bit negative for the resin, which it wasn't meant to be. Both sound great and are very comparable. It is all about personal preference.

Alphorn

 

[Sue]

I realize my post above sounds a bit negative for the resin, which it wasn't meant to be. Both sound great and are very comparable. It is all about personal preference.

Alphorn

Not at all, I didn'tt see it as negative. Thanks for your comments. It's strange actually because after Aldevis said the resin was easy to control, I found the metal much easier to play and I much prefer it's sound (well the sound I make with it, as I'm sure it will be different again for others). I am wired differently to most other humans, I think 🙂

 

[Sue]

Loved the resin one when I first heard it. Then listened to the metal and it sounded a little warmer in tone but the more I listen the less difference I am hearing.

Difficult one @Sue but you won't go wrong with either 🙂

Jx

Jeanette you will love them when you get them to try. I'd never tried a metal on sop before but from the first try I thought it was for me. It's also a bigger tip than I'd ever tried (I have a standard Yani 6 and a PPT 5) but it just seemed to 'fit me' I think you'll understand what I mean by that 🙂

 

[aldevis]

Jeanette you will love them when you get them to try. I'd never tried a metal on sop before but from the first try I thought it was for me. It's also a bigger tip than I'd ever tried (I have a standard Yani 6 and a PPT 5) but it just seemed to 'fit me' I think you'll understand what I mean by that 🙂

This is very interesting. It is a nice 7, good that you can play it. The slender beak makes it really comfortable, though.
Unless you are biased by the jewel-like look...

 

[rhysonsax]

The slender beak makes it really comfortable, though.

I actually prefer a steeper (and so deeper) beak and found the shape of the metal Absolute beaks, especially on soprano, a bit too thin.

On soprano my favourite mouthpiece is an old Berg Larsen that has a beak more like a clarinet mouthpiece than a sax mouthpiece. That is really comfortable and I am surprised that no other mouthpiece designers seem to do something similar.

Rhys

 

[aldevis]

I actually prefer a steeper (and so deeper) beak and found the shape of the metal Absolute beaks, especially on soprano, a bit too thin.

On soprano my favourite mouthpiece is an old Berg Larsen that has a beak more like a clarinet mouthpiece than a sax mouthpiece. That is really comfortable and I am surprised that no other mouthpiece designers seem to do something similar.

Rhys

You will be surprised how many players prefer thin beaks.
A Berg has been my main piece (and still is on curvy) for two decades. Now I prefer the comfort zone.

 

[Absolute]

donation made...

😀

 

[Alphorn]

On soprano my favourite mouthpiece is an old Berg Larsen that has a beak more like a clarinet mouthpiece than a sax mouthpiece. That is really comfortable and I am surprised that no other mouthpiece designers seem to do something similar.Rhys

That's how different people are. I started out on clarinet and have not problems with those beaks on clarinet. Probably because the angel is different and because you take in less mouthpiece with clarinet. On Saxophones I cannot stand high beaks. Talking about tenor, Berg Larsen is very comfortable for me, Vandoren V16 went immdiately into the mouthpiece drawer. It keeps sliding out of my mouth despite a black bite patch. My main piece on tenor is a Brancher J27. You would hate it... Which makes me excited about those Absolute pieces even more.

Alphorn

 

[Alphorn]

...I have a standard Yani 6 and a PPT 5...

I have been intrigued by the PPT soprano all the time. As you have blown both. How do the Absolute soprano pieces compare tonewise to the PPT? As both are handmade by experts I would expect them to be a responsive easy blow, but what about the tone?

Alphorn

 

[Jeanette]

donation made...

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Donation received

Thank-you

Jx

 

[ProfJames]

Donation received

Thank-you

Jx

Now I am divorced I can spend more time washing mouthpieces in my local.....let me know if I can help anyone...

 

[trimmy]

Parcel received thanks @Sue

After opening the box a little silver cutie was the first that came into my possession, lovely little soprano mpc and lig (although the lig looks like alto size) I'll change the lig on the resin sop mpc (which is smaller).
I've got my saxes out so it's off to practice with these new mpcs, with the little silver cutie being the first to try out.
Nobody is at home til after 5pm so please excuse me whilst i go and enjoy myself ! 🙂

 

[aldevis]

Please be considerate in mentioning the metal soprano cutie: it had to be forcefully removed from @Sue 's hands, that now is allegedly staring at postal tracking services

 

[trimmy]

Right a break for food n water and doggie walks !
My mistake with the sop lig but the clamps (so to speak) are the same size as an Alto lig..why ? @Absolute as on the resin lig they are small n cute !
So tried the metal 7 (cutie) sop mpc with a (all i have) vandoren jazz 2, struggled at first but with a few adjustments to reed placement and lig placement, played top to bottom with a bit of a struggle with higher octave but that eased as i played on.
It really is a great piece of masterful craftsmanship, and plays well to boot. I personally would probably need a smaller size mpc with not being a Sop player (but I'll try again tmrw).
The resin 5* was easier for me to blow and i feel more comfortable playing this piece, i am still a relative newbie on Sop !
Off for a walk the it's onto Tenor 🙂

 

[aldevis]

My mistake with the sop lig but the clamps (so to speak) are the same size as an Alto lig..why ?

I am not sure I understand.

 

[Absolute]

The mouthpiece 7 that put Aldevis is one of the first, and at the beginning ligatures had all the "clamps" equal in size.
Now both standard ligatures for soprano and ST and + soprano, have Clamps smaller.

The rest has remained all the same.

😀

 

[Sue]

I am just coming to terms with having had to wave goodbye to my cutie (as @trimmy calls it) but I have the arrival of a parcel from Italia to look forward to so that is soothing my tortured soul. 🙂