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Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews

Theo Wanne NY Link Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

This is a NY link that I won off ebay that was advertised as worked on by Theo Wanne.  When I received this piece it was a 7*.  It had a nice sound but I felt that when I pushed it hard it got too bright and harsh sounding.   It has a medium baffle […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: NY link, tenor mouthpiece, Theo Wanne

Brian Powell Refaced NY Link 7*

August 13, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

This is a NY link that I won off ebay that was advertised as worked on by Theo Wanne.   I put my own baffle in it.  There is an earlier clip of it on here if you look with a description. I sent it off to Brian Powell and asked him to clean up […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Brian Powell, NY link, tenor mouthpiece

Early Babbitt HR Otto Link 7* Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 8 Comments

Holy Cow!  This piece is great.  I just got four pieces back today from Brian Powell.  This is the Jon Van Wie refaced link that has a clip posted of it last year.  This piece always played nice but didn’t have any guts to it.  I really couldn’t dig in with it.  I played another […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Brian Powell, early babbitt, tenor mouthpiece

Hard Rubber Otto Link 7* Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 11 Comments

This mouthpiece is the best hard rubber link I’ve ever played.  I won it off Ebay for 200.00 bucks.  That was the opening bid and no one else bid on it.  It’s a little confusing because the seller said it was a John Reilly reface but when I received the piece it had engraving on […]

Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Brian Powell, otto link, tenor mouthpiece

“Vintage” Selmer Soloist D Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 24 Comments

I’ve always loved Rich Perry’s sound on tenor and always wanted to try a “Vintage” Selmer Soloist.  I had this Selmer soloist refaced to a .105 by Brian Powell.  It plays great.  It’s very different than a link type mouthpiece.  It’s hard to explain, it has more of a focus and core to the sound.  […]

Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Rich Perry, Selmer soloist, tenor mouthpiece

Jon Van Wie STM Link 8 Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 12 Comments

I won this mouthpiece on ebay a few weeks ago.  The seller had it listed as a link that Phil Barone had worked on but Phil contacted him and said it wasn’t his work.  I bid on it because it looked a lot like other Jon Van Wie  links I’ve owned in the past.  It […]

Filed Under: Tenor High Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Jon Van Wie, tenor mouthpiece

Morgan 8M Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

Happy New Year!   This is a Morgan piece that I won off ebay.  These are the best mouthpieces for the price out there.   I’ve owned 3 of these as well as 3 of his clarinet mouthpieces.  Very consistent work.  You know when you order a Morgan that you won’t get a dud.   […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: morgan, tenor mouthpiece

LAW Rollover 8B Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

This is one of four rollover baffle pieces I received from Lawrence Waldron. These are all pieces with smooth rollover baffles similar to metal links (but prettier).  They are different than the first high baffled piece that I recieved from Lawrie that is more like a Guardala Brecker baffle in that the baffles are a […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Lawrence Waldron, tenor mouthpiece

LAW Rollover 7*D Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

This is one of four rollover baffle pieces I received from Lawrence Waldron.  He is in the UK and makes LAW saxophone mouthpieces.  This one has a baffle in-between the IV and II model that I have also posted clips for.

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: LAW 7*D, Lawrence Waldron, tenor mouthpiece

LAW Rollover 7* IV Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 3 Comments

This is one of 4 rollover baffle mouthpieces I received from Lawrence Waldron.  This has the highest and longest baffle of the four.   I think the chamber is smaller because the baffle runs through it.   This sounds the brightest to me of the four.

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: LAW tenor mouthpiece, Waldron

LAW Rollover 7* II Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

This is one of 4 rollover baffle pieces I received from Lawrence Waldron. This is a LAW 7* II.  This one has the lowest baffle of the four I believe.  Darker sound.  Very pretty.  Doesn’t have the cut or projection of the 8B but has a nice dark sound.

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: LAW 7*, Lawrence Waldron, tenor mouthpiece

Theo Wanne NY Link .110 Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

I bought a Theo Wanne Link mouthpiece off ebay.  When I received it in the mail ,  it was way too bright for me.  It had that Brecker type baffle in it that made it super bright.  I took a screw driver and with a little pressure popped the baffle out (It’s a NY link […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: NY link, tenor mouthpiece, Theo Wanne

LAW “Buzzer” Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve 5 Comments

Some of the other threads on cosmetic flaws have prompted me to post this story.  A couple of weeks ago I got a phone call from a guy in England.  He saw my website with all the sax mouthpiece clips.  Anyways, his name is Lawrence  Waldron and he seems to be a pretty big name […]

Filed Under: Tenor High Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Law Buzzer, tenor mouthpiece, Waldron

Freddie Gregory Metal Mark II 7* Tenor Mouthpiece

August 13, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

This is a Freddie Gregory Mark II 7* metal tenor saxophone mouthpiece. This is the first metal Freddie Gregory I have played.  I paid big bucks for it. It is similar to my hard rubber Freddie Gregory Mark II but it is metal.   Like all of Freddie Gregory’s  mouthpieces, it plays effortlessly.   It seems a […]

Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: 7*, freddie gregory, mark II, review, sax mouthpiece, tenor mouthpiece, tenor saxophone

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