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Bobby Dukoff
Model: D8
Sax:
Material:
Chamber: medium/small
Baffle: high
Description: Among many others, Kirk Whalum (below left) and Gerald Albright (below right) use Dukoffs.
Model: D7
Sax: tenor
Material: sterling silver
Chamber: medium
Baffle: high
Description: On the left is a rare sterling silver D6 model with a custom bite plate.
As an acclaimed big band saxophonist, Bobby Dukoff was in high demand to “touch up” his colleagues’ mouthpieces, which made him to produce his own line of saxophone mouthpieces out of his garage in California. His early mouthpieces are highly sought after collector pieces.
Bobby Dukoff
For a comprehensive history of Dukoff mouthpieces please visit Theo Wanne's Dukoff page here.
Model: M7
Sax: alto, tenor
Material: silverite
Chamber: medium/small
Baffle: high
Description: On the left is a Dukoff M7 tenor mouthpiece from the late 1990s. It is made of ‘Silverite’ (pewter), which is a tin alloy (98% tin, 2% copper).
Model: Hollywood
Sax: alto, tenor
Material: brass
Chamber: medium
Baffle: medium
Description: On the left is an early Dukoff Hollywood brass tenor mouthpiece with a 7 (0.100”) facing. During 1971-74, Stan Getz played a #5 Dukoff Hollywood.
Model: D9
Sax:
Material: brass
Chamber: medium/small
Baffle: high
Description: On the left is a “new old stock” Dukoff D9 (yellow) brass tenor mouthpiece that is gold plated over a silver layer, giving a darker honey color. In general, older Dukoff mouthpieces were made of brass while newer models are made of ‘silverite’. Early versions of the Super Power Chamber model were made of nickel-plated brass.
Model: Fluted chamber
Sax: alto, tenor
Material: hard rubber
Chamber: large
Baffle: medium
Description: The fluted chamber Dukoff hard rubber mouthpieces were made around 1952 and have a large chamber and rounded side walls, similar to Slant Signature hard rubber Otto Links. Pictured is a 5* (0.09”) tenor model with a hard to find original box.
Model: Crystallite Super Chamber
Sax: alto, tenor
Material: hard plexiglass
Chamber: small
Baffle: high
Description:
Model: Hollywood ‘Stubby’
Sax: alto, tenor
Material: brass
Chamber: medium
Baffle: medium
Description: Pictured here are two 6* ‘stubby’ Hollywood models with a short shank, no ‘B.D.’, and two rings on the shank. Short shanks are rarer than regular models.
On the left is a Dukoff Hollywood alto mouthpiece.
Model: Bob Dukoff
Sax: alto, tenor
Material: brass
Chamber: medium
Baffle: medium
Description: These Bob Dukoff mouthpieces were made starting around 1945, and have very large chambers with very deep rounded inner walls similar to early Otto Link NY mouthpieces. A tenor model with a 5* tip opening is shown on the left.
On the left is a closeup of a soprano ‘M’ model. Note the cutout ring at the baffle. The effect of the ring was likely to take away some of the brightness of the mouthpiece.
Model: F8 fluted chamber
Sax: alto, tenor
Material: silverite
Chamber: small
Baffle: high
Description: This Super Power Chamber ‘F’ (for ‘fluted’) model is very rare and reminiscent of the above hard rubber fluted chamber model.
