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Hi all,
I am playing already for two years on a BergLarsen 115/2/SMS. It's not the most easy mouthpiece, but I just adore the sound of it. Since half a year, I have a new sax, a tenor Chicago Jazz series.
Now the problem : on my other tenors (Raymond Dubois, see avatar, and a Selmer Signet) the mouthpiece works just fine. On the Chicago Jazz series, the mouthpiece turns out to be very sensitive. Sometimes it really feels as if somebody is blowing from the other side. There is quite some resistance, depending on the note I play, and sometimes it just appears suddenly. This results in irritating squeaks, mostly on the low D and below. overtones are more easy than hitting the low ones, and that's a rather new experience for me...
I'm getting used to the combination, but I was wondering if I shouldn't go for another mouthpiece after all. Buying yet another sax is a bit expensive.
So far I've tried following mouthpieces :
Selmer soloist : worked, but tone is quite harsh and subtoning not really possible
Otto Link 8* : worked, but asked even more air than my current one.
Otto Link 7* : worked, but tone is thinning out, subtoning not that easy
BergLarsen hard rubber 115/2/SMS : less on the chirping, but needs more air and is rather expensive (costs more than the Otto Links)
I still want to try a smaller BergLarsen (105 or so).
My question : If you have one, which mouthpiece do you play?
My second question : my teacher told me my sax is basically a copy of the Selmer Super Action (although I dare to doubt that) : which mouthpieces might be worth giving a try?
Thanks in advance
I am playing already for two years on a BergLarsen 115/2/SMS. It's not the most easy mouthpiece, but I just adore the sound of it. Since half a year, I have a new sax, a tenor Chicago Jazz series.
Now the problem : on my other tenors (Raymond Dubois, see avatar, and a Selmer Signet) the mouthpiece works just fine. On the Chicago Jazz series, the mouthpiece turns out to be very sensitive. Sometimes it really feels as if somebody is blowing from the other side. There is quite some resistance, depending on the note I play, and sometimes it just appears suddenly. This results in irritating squeaks, mostly on the low D and below. overtones are more easy than hitting the low ones, and that's a rather new experience for me...
I'm getting used to the combination, but I was wondering if I shouldn't go for another mouthpiece after all. Buying yet another sax is a bit expensive.
So far I've tried following mouthpieces :
Selmer soloist : worked, but tone is quite harsh and subtoning not really possible
Otto Link 8* : worked, but asked even more air than my current one.
Otto Link 7* : worked, but tone is thinning out, subtoning not that easy
BergLarsen hard rubber 115/2/SMS : less on the chirping, but needs more air and is rather expensive (costs more than the Otto Links)
I still want to try a smaller BergLarsen (105 or so).
My question : If you have one, which mouthpiece do you play?
My second question : my teacher told me my sax is basically a copy of the Selmer Super Action (although I dare to doubt that) : which mouthpieces might be worth giving a try?
Thanks in advance