Hi there, I have a Berg Larsen metal 100/1 tenor mouthpiece that is refaced by Brian Powell. It sounds easier to player now (refaced to 0.101). It seals like crazy but at the same time I feel I like to have a bit more free blowing experience without reducing the strength of the reed when the...

Hello there , This is my first post to the forum and I want to present my best. After 30 years of dreaming , I collected an excellent Bamboo Mini Sax in C , Graftonite C5 Alto and Rico Alto 1.5 and Chinese Cheap Ligature with two screws. I learned C5 might use 3.5 grade reed. Should I ? I...

Hi I have been playing saxophone for 5 years now and have only ever used a Yamaha 4C mouthpiece. I have recently found a Rico Royal B3 mouthpiece and I was wondering what the difference is. FYI I am 1st alto in a jazz band if that has anything to do with my decision. I also use a size 3 reed...

Bought a Jody Jazz hard rubber tenor piece a year ago and for the life of me Ijust couldn't get along with it. But recently I tried it with a RICO Royal 3 after about 2 hours playing a Vandoren metal piece and I couldn't believe the difference. It sounded amazing. On top of that, in the past I...

I mainly play the baritone saxophone, but I march the tenor and practice on my alto, so I have to buy a lot of reeds considering I'm only in high school. So I can stand the Rico Royals on alto for practice and just marching the tenor, but I think that the RRs on my bari make it squeak the...