Mouthpieces Why (or why not) PPT mouthpieces?

[BalancedReaction]

I've got a tenor PPT 7 last summer, and I'm very happy with it. The first impression was actually the best of any mouthpiece I've experienced. It's the semi-unique "Garbarek" model with RM facing.
From the photos, I was afraid of squeaks due to the height of the baffle, but in person, it's much less pronounced, and it's actually easy to control overall.
It has strong and accessible altissimo. Where it stands even more apart is the subtone. It's absurdly effortless. I can blow as lazily as I can, and it still won't choke.
To put it to perspective, it's louder, more agile and a bit brighter than both my D'Addario Select Jazz and Phil-Tone Eclipse.

These mouthpieces are also diametrically (pun intended) different. I can barely squeeze the D'Addario onto the cork, whereas the PPT has huge bore and wobbles.
Moisture even seeps through the PPT shank on the cork. I guess it must then also leak air which probably somehow hinders its playability. Well, it plays great anyway.

Would I be interested in soprano or alto PPT? Well, definitely, if I weren't playing tenor almost exclusively.

 

[dooce]

I've used PPT pieces on sop, tenor and bari and at various times they have all been my go-to, do-anything mouthpieces. I'm not great at describing their attributes in meaningful terms and I suspect that every sax-player will find they work, or not, in different ways. All I can say is that for me they always been affordable, consistent, flexible, trouble-free and a pleasure to play.