I have another Ishimori Woodstone alto saxophone mouthpiece to review and play today. This one is the hard rubber “Super Custom” traditional jazz model in a 6 tip opening. I was very excited to play this alto mouthpiece as I have heard so much about the tenor mouthpieces and knew the alto mouthpiece would be […]
Alto Mouthpiece Reviews
Ishimori Woodstone A11 Silver Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
I have an Ishimori Woodstone silver alto sax mouthpiece to review and play for you today. This is a 7* tip high baffled mouthpiece. I have been eagerly wanting to try these Ishimori mouthpieces out for quite awhile. Ishimori Woodstone A11 Silver Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Over the past few months I have heard of Ishimori […]
Charlie Parker “Bird” Legend Series Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
Here is another mouthpiece in the Legend series made for RS Berkeley by Drake mouthpieces. A number of months ago I reviewed a copy of Stan Getz’s mouthpiece. This mouthpiece is a copy of Charlie Parker’s mouthpiece. Les Silver (a member of my site for the last 2 years ) called me up a […]
Warburton A Series 16 Degree Alto Sax Mouthpiece
This is a Warburton A series 16 degree alto saxophone mouthpiece that I am reviewing today. This alto saxophone mouthpiece has an 7 tip opening. It is silver plated and came with a Rovner light ligature. These are made by the great mouthpiece refacer Eric Falcon down in Florida. I received a few of these […]
Warburton A Series 12 Degree Alto Sax Mouthpiece
This is a Warburton A series 12 degree alto saxophone mouthpiece that I am reviewing today. This alto saxophone mouthpiece has an 8 tip opening. It is silver plated and came with a Rovner light ligature. These are made by the great mouthpiece refacer Eric Falcon down in Florida. I received a few of these […]
9 Great Alto Saxophone Mouthpieces to Compare
The most common question I get asked on this blog and in emails is “Steve, which mouthpiece is the best?” “Which one should I buy”. I probably get 3-4 emails a week asking that question. I always feel bad because I wish there was a simple answer to that. The truth is that […]
Jon Van Wie Modern Meyer 6MM Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is a modern Meyer that was refaced by the late great Jon Van Wie. I had Jon work on a few tenor mouthpieces for me and his work was always great. I don’t think I ever had him work on an alto mouthpiece so this is a real treat for me to play this […]
Aizen SO 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is a new Aizen SO mouthpiece that I received in the mail last week. It is a 7 tip opening. If you follow my blog regularly, then you might remember that I reviewed the very first limited edition Aizen alto sax mouthpiece when it first came out a few years ago. Since then, they […]
Aizen Jazz Master 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is a new Aizen Jazz Master mouthpiece that I received in the mail last week. It is a 7 tip opening. If you follow my blog regularly, then you might remember that I reviewed the very first limited edition Aizen sax mouthpiece when it first came out a few years ago. Since then, they […]
Aizen NY Jazz 7 Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is a new Aizen NY Jazz mouthpiece that I received in the mail last week. It is a 7 tip opening. If you follow my blog regularly, then you might remember that I reviewed the very first limited edition Aizen sax mouthpiece when it first came out a few years ago. Since then, they […]
Ted Klum’s Versitone Acoustimax Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from Frank Klum asking if I’d be interested in trying out Ted Klum’s new Acoustimax alto saxophone mouthpiece. As I was reading the email, I got to the bottom and was in shock when I saw that Frank lives in Hollis, New Hampshire. Hollis is the […]
Kanee M5 Custom Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is another hard rubber custom mouthpiece from Kanee mouthpieces in China. As I said in an earlier review, I received 7 mouthpieces from Kanee Music to try out. This model is the alto mouthpiece with the lowest baffle. It is called the M5 model for the alto saxophone. Here is what is written […]
Kanee V5 Custom Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is another hard rubber custom mouthpiece from Kanee mouthpieces in China. As I said in an earlier review, I received 7 mouthpieces from Kanee Music to try out. This model is the alto mouthpiece with a medium baffle. It is called the V5 model for the alto saxophone. Here is what is written about […]
Kanee Z5 Custom Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece
This is another hard rubber custom mouthpiece from Kanee mouthpieces in China. As I said in an earlier review, I received 7 mouthpieces from Kanee Music to try out. This model is the alto mouthpiece with the highest baffle. It is called the Z5 model for the alto saxophone. Here is what is written about […]
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