drake mouthpieces

Hello Fellow Saxophonists, This is Aaron Drake, getting back to the forum after a pretty long hiatus... I wanted to make this post to let you all know about the various projects I have going on and to put a bit of my story out there. I remain dedicated to my craft of designing and...

Hi Everybody, We are gearing up for the 2012 NAMM show which is Jan 19-22. Our booth is 3208 and has remained the same for the past 3 years. We have a limited number of guest passes and wanted to offer them to our customers. Please let us know if you would like to attend the show and hang out...

Hi everyone, Just joined last week, in case you missed it below is my introduction to the forum. -------------------------------- My name is Cavan, I work as the graphic designer and site administrator for Drake Mouthpieces. I’ve joined the forum to keep everyone informed of current Drake news...

Hi Everyone, We will be attending the NAMM show in Annehiem (Jan 13-16) again, our booth is 3208. We have a limited number of passes available, and we would like to offer them on a first come first serve basis to our customers. If you are interested in attending and are a customer of ours...

We have been testing and tweeking this model for months....and it is finally available through our website. There is also a beautiful sample of Bob Sheppard playing on it! Here is the description, enjoy! Introducing the NY Jazz Tenor Model! (VR NYJT) Handmade from Drake's specially...

A fine saxophonist named Keneth Hollman made the 4 hour drive from Boston to our show room in NJ the other day to try out some mouthpieces. Ken really liked our new NY Jazz alto model (soon to be on the website) and sent us this nice testimonial Ken ask us to share it with the forum. Enjoy...

Hello Everyone, We will be attending the Summer NAMM show in Nashville June 18-20, and we would like to invite any of you who are customers of ours. Please send us a PM and include your name and e-mail if you would like a pass to the show, and we will get you on our guest list. We have 10...

Hi All, We just wanted to let the SOTW community now about a new tenor model that just came out. We have been growing our product lines to incorporate an even wider variety of designs. You may find this one appealing :) Special thanks to Paul Perez and Tom Scott for there input on this...

I aways like to let the SOTW community know about our new products. We have 2 new lines of ligatures: The Drake Signature line and the Drake Signature w/ Ceramic Resonance Plate (pics attached) You will fined these on our website: www.DrakeMouthpieces.com (starting this Friday) Both...

I received the tenor mouthpiece last week and for me they have the perfect balance of power, depth and edge with the right amount of resistance, but still very easy blowing. I play with a handmade Guardala Studio for years and then with Jody Jazz DV 8* in the last few years, but i found that...

Hi Everyone, I have a new mouthpiece line that I am offering to SOTW members for passarounds. The concept for these mouthpieces has been in developmend for many months. The development of the material has been somewhat of a family affair. My brother and father (both phDs in chemistry /...

Hi Everyone, It is now official, Drake Ceramic Instruments will have a booth at the upcoming NAMM show 2010 (Jan 14-17 Anneheim). I want to use this thread to post updates such as our booth location and any other info pertaining to our exibit. I am also looking for a handful of players who...

Hey Everyone, We just got our myspace page up and running. http://www.myspace.com/drakeceramicinstruments Come have a look and join us! :D

We have just launch the new “Double Ring” Jazz Soprano mouthpiece. This is part of our new Production Line of Mouthpieces retailing for $159.99. After studying the finest vintage soprano mouthpieces, we have come out with a design that incorporates the most critical acoustic elements. This...

Hi Everyone, Here you can post your passaround reviews for the new "Double Ring" Jazz Alto mouthpiece. This mpc features a rollover baffle design with a medium chamber. Here is a link: Drake Ceramic "Double Ring" Jazz Alto These mouthpieces currently retail for $159.99 New "Vintage"...

Hi Everyone, The Double Ring Jazz Tenor went out this afternoon. We have a pretty long list of participants, so I will get another of this same model started shortly. Please feel free to PM me with any questions. Thanks again to everyone participating, we look forward to your feedback...

Thanks everyone, for the great response to our Mouthpiece Passaround, which is starting next week! We will be sending out more than one of our Double Ring Jazz Models, so that people don't have to wait to long to try it. Just wanted to let everyone know who is interested in our products, that...

We are really excited to be able to offer this new line of affordable professional mouthpieces. For over 15 years our company has produced saxophone mouthpieces made from an innovative high refractory ceramic material. For the past 10 years we have been developing the manufacturing...