Mouthpieces How many mouthpieces do you have?

[ellinas]

Tenor X4 : a PPT onyxite 7*, a magical STM NY from the 80s .... and a Florida STM 7*, a Macsax Aura
Alto X2 : a Meyer 7M , a Macsax Aura
Bari X1: a Vandoren HR V16

 

[Jeanette]

Alto I have two the one I play when I play is a PPT the other a Vandoren A25

Sop Currently playing an Ed Pillinger piece and have a Selmer S80 E, Yamaha 6c and Bari Esprit. I have sold a couple of cheaper sop pieces. I still don't think I've found my forever sop piece though and am considering a PPT just can't decide which size to buy 🙂

Jx

 

[TheCureFan]

2 alto
1 tenor

 

[saxyjt]

C Melody - I have an Aquilasax C melody piece, and also Sharkbite and Metalite C mel pieces, which are tenor ones cut down by 1cm.

Cut down! What end? 😱

Is this to avoid pushing in too far?

 

[saxyjt]

I still don't think I've found my forever sop piece though and am considering a PPT just can't decide which size to buy 🙂

There is one for sale in the yard as you probably know and the size is already set for you!

 

[Jeanette]

There is one for sale in the yard as you probably know and the size is already set for you!

Yes I had seen it 🙂

Jx

 

[MikeMorrell]

Zinner?

No Kev, it's an ESM jazz (ESM Ernst Schreiber GmbH Michelstadt) with the metal ring at the end.

Some years back, when I wanted a new mpc, I went to guy who specialises in doing 'mpc tests':
Mouthpiece measurement

He listened to my old mpc and asked me what I wanted from a new mpc. He then did some 'breathing tests', gave me a couple of different mpc's to try out, and gave feedback when I played each one. Based on my evaluation and his feedback, he selected the next couple of mouthpieces to try and so on. Though I'd never heard of it either, I really liked the ESM and ordered one online. I should add that the guy was dead against metal mpc's (quoting health reasons) so he only had non-metal mpc's in his collection.

Mike

 

[Nick Wyver]

2 C soprano
7 soprano
9 alto
8 tenor
7 baritone
Apart from when I'm playing classical it's PPTs that get used most - 7 on sop, 8* on alto, 9* on tenor and 8* on baritone.

 

[saxyjt]

It's amazing to see how many of you are using PPT as there main mouthpiece on pretty much all types. I currently own one for baritone and I'll probably buy others in the future.

 

[nigeld]

I was ashamed that I didn't know how many mouthpieces I have, so I counted them. It's a lot more than I expected:

10 soprano
7 alto
9 tenor
7 baritone

I have been wondering why I have so many. It's mainly because I have been experimenting and haven't sold the ones I don't get on with. I keep them partly because I have a suspicion that my ability or taste may change in the future. Also I think a good mouthpiece for jazz ballads is not necessarily the best for blending in a quartet.

But this exercise has made me realise that I haven't really decided what I want to sound like, and I have been buying mouthpieces in the hope of finding out. This is not a good strategy. I'm going to try harder to listen to recordings to see what I aspire to.

Part of my problem is that I don't particularly want to sound like my favourite players. For example, my absolute favourite alto player is Johnny Hodges, but I wouldn't want to sound like him, even if I could.

 

[Veggie Dave]

I guess I'm not a GAS addict. 😉

2 x tenor
2 x alto (one of which I'll never use)

 

[jonf]

Cut down! What end? 😱

Is this to avoid pushing in too far?

Yes, the sax is a Conn, with a straight neck and a microtuner, so with this neck a tenor piece is too long. I also have an Aquilasax curved neck which I can use a tenor piece on.

 

[kevgermany]

No Kev, it's an ESM jazz (ESM Ernst Schreiber GmbH Michelstadt ) with the metal ring at the end.

They make clarinets as well. Part of buffet now, I think. Haven't tried one of their mouthpieces, but I've not heard anything against them.

 

[Jules]

2 Soprano
1 Alto
3 Tenor

 

[rhysonsax]

2 Soprano
1 Alto
3 Tenor

Plus access to hundreds more to try out ?

How many of yours are Berg Larsens ?

Rhys

 

[altissimo]

They make clarinets as well. Part of buffet now, I think. Haven't tried one of their mouthpieces, but I've not heard anything against them.

I think W Schreiber clarinets and bassoons W. Schreiber | may be a different company to Ernst Schreiber who're based in Michelstadt and no longer make instruments, just mouthpieces - ESM Ernst Schreiber GmbH Michelstadt

 

[jonf]

I should add that the guy was dead against metal mpc's (quoting health reasons)

What might those be?

 

[kevgermany]

I think W Schreiber clarinets and bassoons W. Schreiber | may be a different company to Ernst Schreiber who're based in Michelstadt and no longer make instruments, just mouthpieces - ESM Ernst Schreiber GmbH Michelstadt

I think you're right, thanks for the correction

 

[JazzMatt]

Alto: Yamaha 4c, Meyer M5M, Morgan Jazz 6M, Morgan New York Jazz 6(ML) and Morgan Jazz 6L, D'addario Select Jazz D7M and Westcoast Sax MOAM 7 (winging its way later this month).

Tenor: Yanagisawa 5, Morgan Jazz 6MLL.

Working on the missus to soften her up to allow a Baritone in the house. The neighbours hate us already (well, the narky woman) so might as well go all in...

 

[compound]

All Tenor
Berg Larsen S.S. 100/0 sms
Yanagisawa H/R 7
Metalite M5
Metalite M7
Jody Jazz Jet 7.
I might be selling the Jet soon, I'm after a metal Hawk 11 by Bari.