[J-Moen]

Good Morning Everyone,

I got a BARI Alto Mouthpiece for cheap last week, but didn't know much about them. I was told it was a BARI WTII model. I just decided to look over the models on their website, and it doesn't seem to look at all like the current models.

Does anyone know if this is a legit mouthpiece from BARI?

 

[BariMelt]

The round tooth plate and emblem are like the old Bari pieces. But as for the interior design, I'll leave that to the mouthpiece pros on here.

 

[J-Moen]

The round tooth plate and emblem are like the old Bari pieces. But as for the interior design, I'll leave that to the mouthpiece pros on here.

Thanks, that was the biggest question I had on it! Couldn't find a pic of one without the rectangle bite plate.

 

[1saxman]

Just going by general appearance it looks Chinese to me. Their mouthpieces are getting better but most are not serious quality yet.

 

[milandro]

yes, I remember the old Bari pieces looking like this , back then Bari pieces were pretty rough and rather cheap but this really looks very badly finished by that drill “ scuff”.

I don’t understand counterfeiting a cheapish mouthpiece if this is the case

 

[Manitou]

no clue, but i can tell you their website sucks. i'm gonna start a mpc brand and call it alto - what could go wrong.

 

[milandro]

It is not that this is a new name!

The company has existed for many many decades , for years they made cheap synthetic reeds and cheap mouthpieces.Then they were bought by new ownership.

It is a very old name in the business.

wolf "tayne" tannanbalmwhen ( he started another mpc company) sold is name rights to babbit so he had to come up with a diff name. seems like many of the old mpc greats all set up shop in south florida .otto link-bobby dukoff-the hites - and of course wolf tayne

Bari began with one man's mission to achieve a unique sound. Wolfe Taninbaum, the designer of the original Bari reeds and mouthpieces was a musician who played under the stage name of Wolfe Tayne for such famous orchestras as Les Brown, Benny Goodman and Jimmy Dorsey. He also sat in with the CBS and NBC orchestras. Early on, Wolfe became so frustrated with the inconsistency of playable reeds that he began to make his own. After years of trying to perfect cane reeds, he turned to synthetics. In 1952 he developed his first synthetic reed. It was also the first one to gain acceptance from some of the world's top musicians. Wolfe's innovations didn't stop there. he also helped create a unique facing for alto and tenor mouthpieces that Otto Link applied to his larger chamber blanks, calling it the "WT." It produced a dark, husky resonance that was coveted by saxophonists and fetched top dollar. Today's WT II and WT III mouthpieces are improved designs of the original. Now you can achieve that same coveted sound.

Bari Woodwinds manufactures mouthpieces of the highest quality achieving a unique coveted sound. We believe the mouthpiece is extremely important as it is the direct link between the player and the instrument. A Bari mouthpiece is easy to blow, plays in tune, and is very stable, consistently producing clean tunes without difficulty and producing a sound that is clear and resonant. We create traditional woodwind mouthpieces made from ebonite, hard rubber, and metal mouthpieces for saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone.

Additionally, we introduced the Hybrid, an innovative design by Gary Spears, combining a metal chamber and a hard rubber exterior. Truly revolutionary!

Gary also developed a second type of mouthpiece using vortex technology, the Cyclone, which is very popular with our professional artists.

Bari Woodwinds also manufactures another innovation, the synthetic reed. Bari reeds are favored among players because they are more consistent than cane and have zero break in time. They do not need to be wet to play, so you are always ready for that next note. Our reeds are a must-have for every player's instrument case, whether it's your main reed or simply a reliable backup.

 

[StuartSax]

It's not a WT2. I agree that this is an early BARI mouthpiece. I've had a couple for tenor and while they play they are not much like the bullet chamber Berg's they look like. Oddly enough, they seem to work best with BARI plastic reeds.

 

[milandro]

a case of coherence?

 

[J-Moen]

no clue, but i can tell you their website sucks. i'm gonna start a mpc brand and call it alto - what could go wrong.

Haha, yeah. I have known about BARI mpcs for a while, but trying to research them is a complete pain in the %#$!

 

[J-Moen]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I think we're right here on an early BARI metal piece! You can definitely tell it was much cheaper than the current ones, which look a lot more like Link blanks.

It's not a WT2. I agree that this is an early BARI mouthpiece. I've had a couple for tenor and while they play they are not much like the bullet chamber Berg's they look like. Oddly enough, they seem to work best with BARI plastic reeds.

This is interesting, as I just realized that the chamber is bullet style. Maybe this would be a good piece to have refaced and cleaned up to see if maybe it'd play like a berg?