Misc

Miscellaneous Manufacturer

Model: Brawler Tripe Sonority

Sax: alto, tenor

Material: plastic

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Baffle: wedge-style baffle

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Model: Walton

Sax: tenor

Material: hard rubber

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Description: This Walton mouthpiece comes with a set of five different size plexiglas baffles that can be screwed in.

Model: Maccaferri

Sax: tenor

Material: nylon

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Description: Maccaferri nylon mouthpiece had a slide-on ligature to hold the reed in place.

Model: ARB

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Model: King Resin

Sax: soprano, alto, tenor

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Model: Penzel Artist

Sax: soprano, alto, tenor

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Model: Strathon Ajustone

Sax: tenor

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Description: Strathon Ajustone mouthpieces had innovate adjustable ballfes and a screw-on ligature.

Model: Eppelsheim

Sax: soprillo, bass, tubax, contraforte, contrabass

Material: hard rubber and wood

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Description: Benedikt Eppelsheim (based in Munich, Germany), makes mouthpieces for their specialty saxophones, such as the soprillo, bass, tubax, contraforte, and contrabass saxophones. The soprillo (left) is the world’s smallest saxophone, sounding one octave above the soprano saxophone. Notice the octave key reaching into the mouthpiece (the flat lever under the ligature).

Model: Evette & Schaeffer

Sax: soprano

Material: ebonite

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Description: Pictured here is a French Evette & Schaeffer C* soprano mouthpiece. The engraving reads ‘Steel Ebonite and Paris, France’.

Model: Drake JA

Sax: soprano, alto, tenor

Material: ceramic

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Description: Drake specializes in making replicas of Meyer, Dukoff, Selmer, and Link mouthpieces for soprano (model “JS”), alto (“Ja”), and tenor (JT) made of ceramics. Ceramic mouthpieces are impermeable to water and therefore do no warp, corrode or change in any other way. They are available in white and black finish. Pictured is a JA model for alto.

Model: Chester Hazlett

Sax: alto, tenor

Material: hard rubber/steel ebonite

Chamber: medium

Baffle: low

Description: The “Chester Hazlett” mouthpieces were named after the saxophonist of the Pauk Whiteman Orchestra in the 1930s and 40s. Pictured are tenor (left) and alto (below) models with amber rings at the shank.

Model: ROC Britone

Sax: alto, tenor

Material: plastic

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Baffle: wedge-style baffle

Description: Britone mouthpieces were made in England. Note the wedge-style baffle similar to the above. An alto model from John Reilly’s collection is shown on the left.

Model: Naujoks & McLaughlin Sil-Va-Lae Bakelite

Sax: alto, tenor

Material: bakelite/metal

Chamber: medium

Baffle: low

Description: This mouthpiece is a combination of bakelite and metal (on the table), made in 1920s and 30s.

Model: Unkown

Sax: alto

Material: nylon

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Description: This is an unknown vintage nylon alto mouthpiece.

Model: W. S. Sumner

Sax: soprano, alto, tenor, bari (?)

Material: hard rubber

Chamber: large

Baffle: small

Description: This is a W. S. Sumner hard rubber soprano mouthpiece with an original 0.058” tip opening, a large chamber, and scooped side walls with a low, concave baffle.

Model: Sinclair

Sax: C melody

Material: metal

Chamber: medium

Baffle: medium

Description: This is a Sinclair C Melody mouthpiece with a compression ring at the shank. It is marked ‘SINCLAIR’ on the back and ‘PAT Dec 7, 1920’. Below that it says ‘C-2’.

This page shows mouthpieces from designers for which no dedicated pages have been created (yet).

Model: Boosey

Sax: bari

Material: hard rubber

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Description: This Boosey mouthpiece came with a 1889 Boosey baritone saxophone, although it is not clear whether the mouthpiece is as old as the saxophone.

Model: Eddie Harris

Sax: tenor

Material: hard rubber

Chamber: small

Baffle: high and long, bullet-style

Description: This vintage tenor mouthpiece is named after the Chicago-born saxophonist Eddie Harris (1936-1996, see below). It features an unusually long, bullet-style high baffle and very thick rails. It is marked “A 103” and has a facing of 0.075”.

Model: Bud Freeman Harris

Sax: tenor

Material: hard rubber

Chamber: large

Baffle: low

Description: This Bud Freeman hard rubber tenor mouthpiece is marked ‘POWERIZED EBONITE’, ‘BUD FREEMAN MODEL’ and ‘NEW YORK’, and has a tip opening of 0.08”.

Model: Revelle

Sax: soprano, alto, tenor

Material: hard rubber

Chamber: medium

Baffle: low

Description: Revelle was a smaller French manufacturer of saxophones and mouthpieces that primarily served the French school and conservatory market. Shown here is a vintage soprano mouthpiece similar to Riffault models. It is marked ‘REVELLE’, ‘FRANCE’, and ‘3’, indicating the (small) tip opening.

Model: SML

Sax: soprano, alto, tenor

Material: hard rubber

Chamber: medium

Baffle: low

Description: Shown here is a vintage French SML tenor hard rubber mouthpiece in original #3 tip opening.

Model: Gottsu Susu Bamboo

Sax: soprano, alto, tenor

Material: bamboo

Chamber: large

Baffle: medium

Description: In 2007, the Asian company Gottsu released a series of saxophone mouthpieces made of bamboo.

Model: Coast

Sax: tenor

Material: hard rubber

Chamber: medium

Baffle: medium

Description: This is a French Coast hard rubber mouthpiece for tenor saxophone. It has ‘R3’ on the side.

Model: Imperial

Sax: soprano

Material: hard rubber

Chamber: large

Baffle: low

Description: Shown here is a 1920s Imperial mouthpiece for soprano saxophone. As was typical for that era, the mouthpiece has a large chamber and a low baffle.