As the title says really, have had limited experience with alto pieces which included a vintage Selmer soloist and a modern Pillinger, both seemed very resistant so am now considering a metal piece, now i know a Guardala will be free blowing but don't want to spend that kind of money....so any recommendations would be much appreciated.
kingsax
Help needed in choosing a free blowing alto mouthpiece
Get a Runyon "22" from www.sax.co.uk Very affordable and very good. Don't be fooled by the low price. Santy Runyon was very proud of these.
Check the tip openings on http://www.runyonproducts.com/alto.html
Check the tip openings on http://www.runyonproducts.com/alto.html
OK, after a visit to Sax.co.uk down on Denmark Street and trying a few i settled for a Beechler Bellite metal piece, nice and bright, ticked all the boxes!! oddly though i tried a jumbo java and a Claude lakey which were supposedly very bright pieces only to find how muffled and subdued they sounder against the Beechler, also tried a Beechler ebonite piece but couldn't get on with it.
The thing is now i have a very nice mouthpiece with a very crappy looking ligature, anybody know what (metal) ligatures fit these as it does seem very slim?
The thing is now i have a very nice mouthpiece with a very crappy looking ligature, anybody know what (metal) ligatures fit these as it does seem very slim?
"Free blowing" mouthpieces can also be the worst sounding ones. Never use this factor alone in choosing one.
The vintage Selmer Soloist I played was very freeblowing, so I think a lot of it just depends on the individual mouthpiece and your embouchure. Metal mouthpieces aren't necessarily freer blowing. The metal STM that's my main has a touch more pushback than my hard-rubber Meyer.
By the sounds of it, you want a more hard-edged sound then? Imo I'd go less with what's freeblowing and more what's close to your tonal concept.
By the sounds of it, you want a more hard-edged sound then? Imo I'd go less with what's freeblowing and more what's close to your tonal concept.
I like my alto lebayle metal jazz quite freeblowing with a full sound.. and for small ligs you could look for a francois louis lig.
Yes agreed, but Guardala is the only metal piece I've enjoyed on alto. I'm currently in my search for a Alto "Jazz" mouthpiece. Right now I've been trying out a Meyer 5 and 6.
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