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I had heard about this unusual mouthpiece design and just before Christmas I decided to buy the alto version and find out what it is like.
It is designed and made by Professor Anton Weinberg and is available through Dawkes Music in the UK. Here is how they describe it on the Dawkes website: http://www.dawkes.co.uk/accessories-saxophone-alto+mouthpieces.html
Named after Dizzy Gillespie's tune Emanon (no name -backwards)
A new original design that uses the idea of a double baffle two chamber mouthpiece.
Made from the same ebonite as the American Otto Link mouthpieces.
Tonal quality will not break up at great volume but sound is particularly clear for digital recording.
ALTO model uses the famous Vintage Selmer soloist D lay of the 1950/60's.
TENOR uses the famous Vintage Link 7* lay of the 1950/60's.
There are also sound clips on the Dawkes website for the alto: Dead link removed
and for the tenor: http://www.dawkes.co.uk/mp3.php?sound clip=weinberg_tenor_emanon&type=mouthpiece
I must say that I am really impressed with this mouthpiece, which has a nice edgy/boppy sound and is easy to blow. I played it on a gig earlier this week and really enjoyed it. Normally I choose to play a metal high baffle mouthpiece to hear myself against the guitars, keyboards and drums but this ebonite piece was fine.
Now I'm tempted to get the Emanon for my tenor sax as well.
The design of the "double chamber" / "double baffle" feature is a bit difficult to visualise, but I found that Prof. Weinberg has actually included a cross-section diagram in the book he wrote on clarinet and saxophone mouthpieces, so here it is as an attachment. In my mouthpiece the downstream edge of the first "scoop" is more smoothed off than shown in the diagram.
Interestingly, my favourite tenor mouthpiece is a Lawton with a "Reflector" baffle, which is actually a small pit just behind the tip rail. It seems to be quite a similar design idea to this one and both the Emanon and this Lawton have a nice balance of edge and warmth, blow easily and can take a lot of air.
Has anyone else played this piece or seen a similar design ?
Rhys
It is designed and made by Professor Anton Weinberg and is available through Dawkes Music in the UK. Here is how they describe it on the Dawkes website: http://www.dawkes.co.uk/accessories-saxophone-alto+mouthpieces.html
Named after Dizzy Gillespie's tune Emanon (no name -backwards)
A new original design that uses the idea of a double baffle two chamber mouthpiece.
Made from the same ebonite as the American Otto Link mouthpieces.
Tonal quality will not break up at great volume but sound is particularly clear for digital recording.
ALTO model uses the famous Vintage Selmer soloist D lay of the 1950/60's.
TENOR uses the famous Vintage Link 7* lay of the 1950/60's.
There are also sound clips on the Dawkes website for the alto: Dead link removed
and for the tenor: http://www.dawkes.co.uk/mp3.php?sound clip=weinberg_tenor_emanon&type=mouthpiece
I must say that I am really impressed with this mouthpiece, which has a nice edgy/boppy sound and is easy to blow. I played it on a gig earlier this week and really enjoyed it. Normally I choose to play a metal high baffle mouthpiece to hear myself against the guitars, keyboards and drums but this ebonite piece was fine.
Now I'm tempted to get the Emanon for my tenor sax as well.
The design of the "double chamber" / "double baffle" feature is a bit difficult to visualise, but I found that Prof. Weinberg has actually included a cross-section diagram in the book he wrote on clarinet and saxophone mouthpieces, so here it is as an attachment. In my mouthpiece the downstream edge of the first "scoop" is more smoothed off than shown in the diagram.
Interestingly, my favourite tenor mouthpiece is a Lawton with a "Reflector" baffle, which is actually a small pit just behind the tip rail. It seems to be quite a similar design idea to this one and both the Emanon and this Lawton have a nice balance of edge and warmth, blow easily and can take a lot of air.
Has anyone else played this piece or seen a similar design ?
Rhys
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