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First, here's my current setup:
Yamaha YAS-62 alto- s-80 c*
Selmer Paris SA-80II tenor-s-80 c*
Yamaha YBS-52 bari- s-80 c*
The alto and bari are both fine for me with the s-80 mp's. I play bari in a college wind symphony, and the classical tone is perfect. And the alto is versatile enough that I can go from my rare wind symphony playing to Ska, jazz, and back again. They've been good all around mouthpieces for me, and I've got no reason to switch.
The tenor though...I have problems keeping a consistent tone. It's either too bright or harsh, or i 'gurrgle' on the lower notes, or just pinch my tone/air off all together. Partly, I've never been happy with the Paris tenor, but I was poor and the price was right. I'm still poor as any other student with a few nice horns, and I also can't afford to donate all of my time to working jsut on a good tenor tone, even though I know that would be idle. Selling/replacing the horn is out of the question right now, and so is a new neck or anything else like that.
I've also heard bad things about using a 'set' of s-80's, so I have a feeling that a new mouthpiece may be a good bet.
Any suggestions to help with my tone mouthpiece wise? I've played on a Meyer 5, and it was better, but what other good options are there?
Yamaha YAS-62 alto- s-80 c*
Selmer Paris SA-80II tenor-s-80 c*
Yamaha YBS-52 bari- s-80 c*
The alto and bari are both fine for me with the s-80 mp's. I play bari in a college wind symphony, and the classical tone is perfect. And the alto is versatile enough that I can go from my rare wind symphony playing to Ska, jazz, and back again. They've been good all around mouthpieces for me, and I've got no reason to switch.
The tenor though...I have problems keeping a consistent tone. It's either too bright or harsh, or i 'gurrgle' on the lower notes, or just pinch my tone/air off all together. Partly, I've never been happy with the Paris tenor, but I was poor and the price was right. I'm still poor as any other student with a few nice horns, and I also can't afford to donate all of my time to working jsut on a good tenor tone, even though I know that would be idle. Selling/replacing the horn is out of the question right now, and so is a new neck or anything else like that.
I've also heard bad things about using a 'set' of s-80's, so I have a feeling that a new mouthpiece may be a good bet.
Any suggestions to help with my tone mouthpiece wise? I've played on a Meyer 5, and it was better, but what other good options are there?