Now it seems the world of advertising of products has now reached youtube. Saxgourmet (love em or hate em) has a fuzzy video up pawning his products on the net. Personally, I hate youtube videos like this. A thought out script, and perhaps high quality still pictures of the mouthpieces with a well written dialogue [Continue]

Last year, I didn’t do a Christmas guide. This year, I am going to. What holiday gift would you get your favorite saxophonist(s) this year. Here are some ideas. Under $100 Reeds. Pretty obvious. Should be fairly easy to figure out what they use as well. There will be dead ones in the trash, and [Continue]

Saxcessful writes “I have been playing a Berg 100/0 on my tenor with various reeds, depending on the mood. Recently I have been offered (on the net) a Beechler Bellite 8 which is about the same lay but I have no idea about what sort of sound they produce. I am familiar with a Lawton [Continue]

pika writes “What do people think about the metal mouthpieces with spoilers? How much louder do they make you sound(tener sax) because i was thinking about getting one for marching band. Email me if you know anything.” First off, we don’t “email me if you know anything”. That also goes for people who “please [Continue]

From Steve Goodson: "Jey Clark, owner of Saxology in Berkeley, Ca, passed away last night after suffering a massive stroke on Sunday. I have no other details at this time, but the information was confirmed this afternoon in a conversation with his friend. Jey was a long time friend, a frequent visitor to my home, [Continue]

We’ve covered a number of Reed topics before. The Perfect Reed, What Reeds Are The Best?, The Never Ending Search For A Good Reed, and even Reed Cryogenics. I bring this topic up because I recently saw that Vandoren has recently introduced Flow Pack reeds. These reeds are sealed from the factory. Anyone tried these? [Continue]

huskyman writes “I heard a rumor about some crazy Duel Chamber mouthpiece that Don Menza used. It supposedly had two chambers within the mouthpiece to split harmonics and give him that crazy altissimo. I havnt been able to find much on it…maybe u guys know something?” Dual or Duel? I’ve seen (or rather heard of) [Continue]

mattgros writes “Any one have insight on a crystal mouthpiece? It is a clear alto mouthpiece, I think made by Pomarico. They look pretty snazzy, but are they comparible to other good jazz mouthpieces?” Are you more concerned with how a mouthpiece looks, or how it sounds? Are people going to go “ooo, look at [Continue]

Ok, so, there was this guy on Ebay that was hinting at giving you information on a mouthpiece that plays better than the 1980s on out Meyer mouthpieces. It was included as a bonus for winning the item on Ebay. So, I won the item on Ebay. I’m very happy with the item. Its great. [Continue]

About 7 or 8 years ago I bought a H. Ferris Alto Mouthpiece. It was advertised as being a vintage Meyer knock-off. I played it briefly until I actually got a Vintage Meyer. I tried it out the other day, and its a great mouthpiece. Anyone have the history or details about these pieces? Maybe [Continue]

One of the many lists that I follow recently had a post that Geoff Lawton, the mouthpiece maker, has died. Anyone have word on the exact details? And maybe what this means to his line of mouthpieces? [Continue]

doc jaxx writes “What is the story with the prices on vintage mouthpieces? I am seeing prices for handmade Guardalas over 1000$. Are there people out there buying mouthpieces for this much? ‘Fess up, people’ because if these are the real prices you are paying then I will not feel like I am the only [Continue]

I found this in alt.music.saxophone. It’s funny! It is in reference to this guy ordering overseas a mouthpiece from the Woodwind/Brasswind and not getting it in time. sopranoplayer@hotmail.com wrote in message news:4ccd93fc.0303122123.513f1ae8@posting.google.com... I played two gigs today that would require the sound of the Jumbo Java, but I [Continue]

I was wondering if there’s any good way to play overtones on a vintage Otto Link. I’m running a Fibracell Medium reed, and not only do I have trouble past F#, but my D-F isn’t exactly relyable either. I’ve got an old selmer lig (the model escapes me), and I was wondering if there was [Continue]

saxophan writes “I thinking about buying a new mouthpiece. I tried and liked the yanagisawa 5. I was wondering if anybody could reccomend a good metal mouthpiece for alto. I don’t really like the meyer 5′s, and I have tried them. Also, does anybody know about the otto links for alto? I would like something [Continue]