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RREXX

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Hi all, I currently play an Evette Buffet Crampon 338,xxx

I currently play a Claude Lakey 6* and it's really not what I want. (I feel like its fake? Is that a thing?)

Considering something like the Jody Jazz HR* but I wanted to know what everyone else plays!

I am open to any and all suggestions, and I'm not really looking for anything super bright (Not about Dukoff's on my soprano)
 
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Selmer Super Sessions were all the rage here about fifteen years or so ago. I wasn't the only one who thought they got better the more open they were. I currently play a J opening and keep an I as a spare. Thing is, I don't think they make them as open anymore... but if you can find an old one, they're gems.
 
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Hassles said:
well which piece is used for what? curious
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The Yamaha 4CM is my go to mouthpiece for everything classical when I want a slightly more spread (less focused) tonal quality. It provides a kind of heavier presence. It suits my Yamaha soprano very nicely. The Selmer S90 190 is the piece I like to use on Londeix and Mule etudes or pieces that require a lot of octave jumps. It has a slightly smaller chamber than the Yamaha so it's nicely focused; the narrow beam of sound seems to allow those rapid octave jumps a cleaner tonal quality. The Yanagisawa HR 5 replaced the Selmer D as my go to jazz piece when I want more flexibility with timbre. And the 5 or Selmer D is my limit for soprano pieces--I really can't play anything bigger and achieve the results I want.
 
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Whoa, Lakey! I played one of those last century ('80s) - got it directly from Claude.

I've been through a "few" sop pieces since then (including Barone "Vintage", Barone Hollywood, a couple Lamberson "Fmaj7", and a Selmer "Super Session" J), and have been playing the Phil-Tone "Sapphire" since Phil started those. In fact, I like it so much that I sold my other sop pieces, and had Phil make me a backup Sapphire (0.070").

RREXX said:
Hi all, I currently play an Evette Buffet Crampon 338,xxx

I currently play a Claude Lakey 6* and it's really not what I want. (I feel like its fake? Is that a thing?)

Considering something like the Jody Jazz HR* but I wanted to know what everyone else plays!

I am open to any and all suggestions, and I'm not really looking for anything super bright (Not about Dukoff's on my soprano)
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Plenty of good suggestions here. The three soprano pieces that I have experience with, and that I think all work(ed) quite well, are, in my order of preference...

Selmer Super Session ("I" opening, and I echo Grumps wholeheartedly)
Bari .068
Selmer S80 (I used a "D" opening but I think I'd prefer a larger one these days)
 
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