Mouthpieces Soprano mouthpieces

[Moz]

Should I ever get my new Yani sop (see other posting), I will probably find the supplied MPC a bit lacking as I did with my Yani 901 tenor. In the tenor case I bought an Otto Link Super Tonemaster and it is bloody excellent! Really, it is!

So...my question is:

Does anyone use a metal mpc on a sop, if so what make, is it good?


I have to comment further 'cos I've had a few:...

Sometimes soprano sax (and many other sax's) seems awfully squeaky and/or naff and I'm sure a lot of it has to do with 'standard' mouthpieces. Why on earth do manufacturers not supply the best mpc they can rather than the generic 'adequate-but-grey' thingy. If I was selling my own make of sax I would want the buyer to experience the best sound he/she can get from the first note out of the box and not hope that they thought themselves inferior unless they spent another hundred quid (almost certainly with a rival manufacturer) on a better mpc. Why don't these people at least give one a choice of mpc from the outset?

OK, I've finished now.


Moz

 

[griff136]

I think the yanni mouthpieces supplied with their instruments are more than adequate and probably the best (IMHO) mouthpiece supplied with an instrument as standard by a manufacturer.

I think their metal mouthpieces are great.

The problem with supplying a mouthpiece with a new instrument - you have to try and cater for everyone, so a middle of the road piece does the trick.

You may like guardala sop mouthpieces but a begginner buying a sax with a guardala mouthpiece with it may struggle.

If suppliers gave a choice of mouthpieces then obviously the price of the sax would change dependent on what type of mouthpiece you wanted supplied with it.

BTW if you do get to buy that new yanni you can throw their "adequate -but - grey " thingy my way!!

 

[robert_brunsdon]

I also like the Yanagisawa mouthpieces. The only metal soprano mouthpiece I have is a Yanagisawa. I use it when I fancy a change from ebonite. I normally use a Yanagisawa ebonite on my modern soprano.

Robert

 

[rhysonsax]

I have lost count of the soprano mouthpieces I have got, searching for a warm and singing sound.

My favourites on the Yanagisawa SC991 are all ebonite or plastic and (in order):
Berg Larsen 65/2
SR Tech Legend
Lebayle 6
Pillinger D150

Of the metal pieces I have tried on soprano, the Yanagisawa is probably the best, but a Chinese ?25 piece runs it close. The Selmer metal piece I have sounds good for a while and then fills up with spit/condensation (here we go again).

I have just bought a Selmer rubbder soloist from eBay and am having the damaged tip rail sorted out. That was already promising, even with the damage.

I quite like the sound of the Vandoren V16, but find they have a bit more resistance than I want.

Rhys

 

[thomsax]

I actually don't play soprano that much so maybe I'm not the right person to talk about this subject but when I play soprano I use a Dukoff D6 or a Selmer D metal. I like the feeling and sound of metal mouthpieces. I'm playing metal mouthpieces from soprano to baritone.

The Dukoff D6 works on my Conn soprano c -25 after years of experiments. Selmer metal D (no baffle) works on my other sopranos. The Selmer metal D gives the soprano a more traditional tone. A warmer, mellow, dark, "vintage", less focused ... sound.

I'm no expert. I just like my sopranos. Most of the time they'are in their cases.

Thomas

 

[TomMapfumo]

A Yani metal from Martin at WWB will set you back ?92.00, and seems a good value piece. I used to play a Berg 65/1 which was good. Garbarek plays a Berg HR 70/1, which sounds good on his curved Borgani.

I've not tried a metal soprano, personally.
Kind regards
Tom

 

[jonf]

I use a metal Bari Gold on sop. It's great, easy blow and reasonable bright without being shrill. I also have a Yani ebonite which I use as well. It's a surprisingly good mouthpiece - don't be to hasty in writing it off.

 

[greg_strange]

I play a Eugene Rousseau Studio Jazz SJ6 mouthpiece with a Rovner MkIII/C1RVS ligature on my Walstein model-ss-p Bb straight soprano saxophone - it has a nice bit of edge without sounding too much like a flute or a clarinet or a oboe (I have nothing against flutes, clarinets or oboes - I just want a saxophone to sound like a saxophone).
Like everything else related to the saxophone try as many different brands, sizes, combinations as possible, before making a decision.
Regards,
Greg Strange.