So, I thought, having retired and got time and some money to spend, I'd finally try out a Soprano Planet mouthpiece. I know Joe's pieces get praise here, but I thought I'd remind everybody. I was a bit sceptical about buying a piece without playing it first (although Joe will do alterations -...

I have benefited greatly from the experiences posted by the excellent players on this site. Thank you folks for all of the wonderful advice over the years. Although I have played off and on for 30 years I consider myself an advanced beginner or newbie intermediate player. I yield to no one...

A little context: Soprano and flute are my two main axes. Given my druthers, I mostly play "out" on the soprano, and mostly play lyrically on the flute. Not sure why, but that's just how things have panned out over the last 20+ years. Last fall, I lost the ability to play the flute for a couple...

I have a couple of very dark playing tenor mouthpieces which I'm quite fond of, but I've been working on some electronic based music for a while, and dark doesn't really cut it. Bad pun intended. I reached out to Joe Giardullo at SopranoPlanet for his two cents. As a reference point, I let him...

I'm working on some stuff which I thought might benefit from a nasally soprano voice, so I contacted Joe. I ended up with an Open Sky 2. Here's the feedback I sent him: Joe, Thank you for the piece. All of my saxophone hours have gone into it over the last couple of weeks, and this is all I've...

I'm not a fan of the internet, but I'm a big believer in giving praise when it's due. I know that there are already many threads praising Joe's work, but one more can't hurt. I'll hit the highlights and will elaborate if there are questions or comments. I was on a quest to darken up my...