Level: Beginner
Features: Easy, ligature and cap included
Instrument: Alto
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Level: Intermediate / professional
Characteristics: Rich, focused, easy
Instrument: Alto
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Level: Professional
Characteristics: Powerful, brilliant, innovative
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Level: Beginner to professional
Characteristics: Powerful, homogeneous, universal
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Level: Beginner to professional
Characteristics: Warm, deep, authentic
Instrument: Tenor
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Level: Beginner to professional
Characteristics: Warm, balanced, rich in overtones
Instrument: Soprano
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Hear the differences in sound between our various mouthpiece models through these video comparisons featuring musicians.
From a round sound to a bright sound
Each mouthpiece has its own tonal character. Depending on its design, it can produce a rounder, softer and warmer sound, or, conversely, a brighter, more direct and incisive sound.
To help you compare the different tonal qualities of our mouthpieces, we have placed them on a scale ranging from roundest to brightest.
Understanding the different parameters
Choosing the right mouthpiece is very important, as it affects attack response, intonation, projection and the roundness of the sound.
There is no such thing as a universal mouthpiece that allows everyone to achieve optimal results. Choosing a mouthpiece is a very personal decision, as it depends on each musician’s musical goals and physical characteristics (mouth musculature, oral cavity, teeth and lips). This is why it is important to offer a wide range of combinations.
There is a direct relationship between the physical characteristics of a mouthpiece (tip opening, table and baffle) and its musical and acoustic characteristics (tone, roundness, volume, intonation and ease of playing).
Even the slightest variations in the dimensions of the different parts of a mouthpiece can lead to significant differences in the resulting sound!
The baffle, for example, acts as a reflector for the reed. The higher it is (closer to the reed), the more bright the sound; conversely, the lower the baffle, the rounder the sound.
Generally speaking, the more the reed is constrained, the rounder the sound.
The window allows the reed to vibrate. A shorter window produces a rounder sound and greater resistance at the attack.
Similarly, the thicker the rail, the rounder the sound.
The tip opening is the distance between the tip of the reed and the tip of the mouthpiece.
The facing length is the distance between the tip of the mouthpiece and the point where the reed contacts the table.
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