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List updated 13. May 2022 Recent changes in red For questions or pictures, telephone +45 twenty 85 twelve 31 or write to: donotto(AT)oncable(dot)dk Tip openings have been measured with a Digital Tip Opening Gauge from Theo Wanne. COVID-19: Mouthpieces are washed with soap and dried for a week before shipping. Unless stated otherwise, the mouthpieces are used and are sold without ligature and cap. Mouthpieces will be shipped from Denmark. Sales are private meaning that returns are not accepted unless agreed upon on beforehand. Mouthpieces are sold as is. Therefore, please ask all questions before buying. |
| Brand |
Material |
Tip |
Chamber | NB: Price in Euros. Shipping cost and bank fees will be added | Price |
| Charles Bay |
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None available | ||
| BARI |
HR |
.074" |
Medium |
BARI
RC5 with metal shank. (RC stands for
Richie Cole). Easy to blow. Reed #2. Bright but full
tone, egal over the horn. Good for lead |
€70 |
| Beechler |
Plastic |
.083" |
Medium |
Beechler Diamond M6L Large Font (Old) |
€80 |
| Berg Larsen |
Metal |
.090" |
Small |
Berg Larsen Stainless Steel 95/2/SMS
Scoop Bill Step Baffle Faint sideways milling lines. Plays
like a good typical Berg, loud, medium edge, full
bottom. |
€110 |
| Berg Larsen |
HR |
.102" |
Small | 105/1/SMS Duck Bill. Bullet Chamber. Sideways milling marks on table. | €97 |
| Berg Larsen |
HR |
.110" |
Small |
105/1/SMS Scoop bill, bullet chamber. Sideways
milling marks on table. Really good player, reed #2 is
recommended. Powerful darkish tone with a nice edge. Good
for lead. Think Cannonball. |
€110 |
| Bill Street |
HR |
.065" |
Medium |
Bill Street 3C. A real rarity from my
personal collection. Has a lovely soft and singing tone.
Not a lead mouthpiece, but also not a purely classical
piece. Click the link to learn more about Bill Street.
A German professional says this about it: "The
Bill Street is indeed a treasure - I find it a masterful
combination of a Morgan 3C and a Vandoren AL4". |
€166 |
| Brand |
Material |
Tip |
Chamber | NB: Price in Euros. Shipping cost and bank fees will be added | Price |
| ARB (Brilhart) |
Plastic |
.069" |
Small |
Black ARB Arbex 3*S. The S
model has a bullet chamber, like the Beechler Diamond
Dot. (Beechler manufactured the ARB mouthpieces). Facing
has been corrected. Very good player now, "Poor Mans
Diamond Dot." Bright sound with a good core. |
€97 |
| ARB (Brilhart) |
Plastic |
.081" |
Medium |
Black
ARB Arbex 4*. This is Brilhart's modernized version of
the Ebolin, made in the 1980's. Facing corrected.
Very good player, easy to blow, good core, it sings.
Perfect for lead. |
€97 |
| ARB (Brilhart) |
Plastic |
.079" |
Small |
Black ARB Arbex 5*S. The
S model has a bullet chamber, like the Beechler Diamond
Dot. Bright sound with a good core. Good
for R&B and funk. |
€97 |
| Brilhart |
Plastic |
.069" |
Medium |
Brilhart Tonalin 3* (Carlsbad) s/n 156233.
Shaft secured with epoxy to prevent a slight crack from
spreading. |
€140 |
| Brilhart |
Plastic |
.075" |
Medium |
Brilhart Tonalin 6* No serial. Made 1968 or
later, after Selmer buy-out. Was a poor player, therefore
refaced to a Lelandais curve. Fabulous player now, with
the typical singing Brilhart Tonalin sound. |
€110 |
| Buffet |
HR |
.070" |
Medium |
Vintage Buffet "C" Very good rubber.
Probably a Chedeville blank. Straight sidewalls in chamber
like a Brilhart. Full, darkish but singing
sound. |
€110 |
| Claude Lakey |
Plastic |
.067" |
Medium |
Claude Lakey Bruno "M"
Facing optimized. The Bruno pieces were among the earliest
mouthpieces created by Claude Lakey. Good player
with a surprisingly round, singing sound for a plastic
mouthpiece. Nice edge. Reed 2 |
€69 |
| Claude Lakey |
Plastic |
.084" |
Small |
Claude Lakey Jazz 7*3.
Horse shoe chamber. Easy to play. Very powerful, lots of
edge. Can match electric guitars. |
€69 |
| Claude Lakey |
Plastic |
.086" |
Small |
Claude Lakey Jazz 6* 3. Horse shoe
chamber. Easy blowing. Very penetrating sound with lots of
edge. This model used to be popular for lead alto. A real
paint-peeler. |
€69 |
| Conn |
HR |
.066" |
XLarge |
(Conn) Pan American "A" USA Very good
player. Fine condition. Easy to blow. Ideal mpc for Conn
"Chu Berry" and Transitional altos. Velvet-soft tone. Same
tip as Selmer C* |
€97 |
| Conn |
Plastic |
.065" |
Medium |
Conn USA Straight sidewalls. Good
all-round mouthpiece, which is fun to play. Sound is fine
and round. Was probably made by Runyon |
€70 |
| Conn |
Plastic |
.062" |
Medium |
Conn "Precision" 3. This was the mouthpiece
which came with Conn altos in the 60's. It has a
surprisingly singing sound, almost like a white
Brilhart. Fine for lead alto. Plays easily with reed
#2 |
€70 |
| Brand |
Material |
Tip |
Chamber | NB: Price in Euros. Shipping cost and bank fees will be added | Price |
| Couf |
HR |
.087" |
Medium |
Couf Artist 8*S. Slimline, needs soprano ligature. New. Only play-tested. Came from an old Couf associate who informs that the Artist mouthpieces were made with same hard rubber as HR Brilhart. Very, very good player. | €125 |
| Dukoff |
Metal |
.070" |
Medium |
Dukoff SPC D5 Miami Florida
Very good shape. Has the typical powerful, paint-peeling
sound a good Dukoff should have. Good player. |
€195 |
| Dukoff |
Metal |
.076" |
Small |
Dukoff SPC Silverite D7 Miami Florida
Facing slightly adjusted to Bob Scott "Don Sinta"-curve.
Powerful and penetrating. Not thin. Super player. Former
owner has rounded the baffle edge, resulting in a more
round sound. |
€165 |
| Frank Wells |
HR |
.097" |
Small |
Frank Wells. Very rare model with the
keyhole-shaped window patented by Frank Wells. USP
4,449,439, filed Sept. 28, 1982 (My 39th birthday) Very
bright sound. |
€215 |
| Gale |
HR |
.065" |
Medium |
Gale Companion 3L. Wonderful warm sound, not
unlike a vintage Airflow. Great mouthpiece |
€235 |
| King |
Metal |
.080" |
Medium |
King under a Crown. 7 on table. Probably a
Wolfe Tayne stencil. Dark sound with some edge. Powerful.
Very good player. Fun to play. Reed 2 |
€85 |
| Kohlert |
Metal |
.065" |
XLarge |
Special. Kohlert Söhne, Graslitz. Brass. Looks
like Otto Link Master Link for slide-on lig. Optimized by
Istvan Gabor. Original Kohlert lig (Not Slide-on) Very,
very easy to play from top to bottom. Reed 2,5. Balanced
sound with edge and core. Good for lead. Not thin. Because
of the large chamber should be perfect for Conn "Chu
Berry" |
€85 |
| Lawton |
Metal |
.070" |
Medium |
Lawton (Geoff) Special 6 lig and cap
and original box. Looks almost unplayed. Very good player.
Brightish sound with good core. Reed 2,5 |
€275 |
| Lawton |
Metal |
.076" |
Medium |
Lawton (Geoff) "Special" "Big Bore", 7, lig and cap and original box. Good shape. Bite plate has been exchanged to one from rubber. | €275 |
| Lawton |
HR |
.073" |
Medium |
Lawton (Geoff) 8 Star 8. Refaced, not marked
but very well made. Plays easily from top to bottom,some
edge but not as much as the metal version above. Comes
with original reed screw and reed cover. |
€224 |
| Lelandais | HR |
.060" |
Large | "Qualité Superieure" #7.
Very large, round chamber. The sound is velvet-like with
an unusual "hollow" character. Definitely not jazzy.
Suitable for church concert for solo sax. |
€55 |
| Lelandais |
HR |
.050" |
Medium |
Scroll shank "Qualité Superieure" #7 with
ligature and Buffet cap. A completely different sound from
the large chamber above. Beautiful, singing sound. Think
Desmond. Reed #3 |
€100 |
| Lelandais |
Metal |
.069" |
XLarge |
Connétable "Benny Carter" 5 (Made by Lelandais) Bob Rockwell played lead alto on this in Tivoli Big Band, Copenhagen. Large chamber. Narrow shaft. Tight on the neck. Same blank as the first Otto Link mouthpieces (Master-Link). Beautiful soft sound, but when you blow strongly, you get a full sound with nice highs. | €205 |
| Meyer |
HR |
.069" |
Medium |
Meyer 5M New York Reissue, s/n 000974 Made in
USA. Meyer ligature and cap. Very easy to blow. Is not
intended to sound like the original New York Meyers. Reed
2,5 |
€135 |
| Meyer |
HR |
.069" |
Medium |
Meyer
S6S Made in USA. Very easy to blow.
Full tone. Reed 2,5 Should be small chamber, but it is not
smaller than other Meyers the way I measure chamber
volume. Facing is slightly shorter than normal. |
€110 |
| Meyer |
HR |
.077" |
Medium |
Meyer M/7/M Made in USA. Good modern
Meyer. Typical Meyer sound, quite bright in the upper
register. Reed 2,5 |
€110 |
| Meyer |
HR |
.083" |
Medium |
Meyer M8M Made in USA This is one of the
good modern Meyer's. Very easy to play. Sound is egal from
top to bottom. Singing sound with a good core. Reed #2 |
€110 |
| Meyer |
HR |
.078" |
Medium |
Meyer G 18M Tip 7 Meyer's attempt to make a MC
Gregory-like mpc. It does have a brighter sound than
standard Meyers, not so heavy. It is NOT an MC Gregory,
but a very good mpc at a very attractive price |
€85 |
| Mouthpiece Café |
Composite |
.079" |
Medium |
Mouthpiece Guys NYC 7 R Plays well, with some resistance (Reed Queen 2). Very full and warm sound in the bottom, nice edge above the octave, but still a good core. | €150 |
| No Name |
Plastic |
.070" |
Large |
No Name Black with Brilhart-like chamber. Plays surprisingly well. Full tone with a nice edge 2,5 reed. Good for lead. Fine student mpc. | €40 |
| Otto Link |
Metal |
.082" |
Large |
Otto Link STM, Early Babbitt 7 Very good
shape. Optimized by Istvan Gabor. With ligature. |
€195 |
| Otto Link |
Metal |
.108" |
Large |
"Super"
Tone Master 9*, Early Babbitt. New, from shop closure.
With lig and cap, unplayed, still in plastic bag in
original Florida box and with the original piece of cork
that keeps the ligature in place. Box
has the 21 SO
West 5th STREET address. |
€199 |
| Otto Link |
Metal |
.116" |
Large |
"Super" Tone Master 10, Florida. New, from shop closure. No lig or cap, only play-tested, in original Florida box. Box is marked 121 SO West 5th STREET, which was the earlier address. | €175 |
| Penn Los Angeles |
Plastic |
.064" |
XLarge | Penn Los Angeles Very good player with
a full sound. Horse shoe shaped chamber. Probably made by
Brilhart. |
€70 |
| Pierret |
Metal |
.056" |
XLarge |
Pierret
Fluted mpc. Silver plated with orig.
Lig. Opened and refaced by Istvan Gabor. Very good
player now. Soft, singing tone. Very similar to early
metal Selmer model, the one played by Marcel Mule |
€110 |
| Pomarico |
Ebony Wood |
.071" |
Large |
Pomarico "7". Original red plastic
box. Plays well, with some resistance. Soft sound
with a dark core, but good highs in the upper register. |
€140 |
| ROC |
Plastic |
.071" |
Medium |
ROC Britone ****
Plays fine. Strong tone, quite brightish. Good for lead or
for funk and rock. ROC made the Brilhart "Made in England"
pieces. Same material as Tonalin. The clarinet version of
ROC was popular with revival clarinettists because of the
powerful tone. Has the unusual shape baffle. |
€70 |
| Rovner |
HR |
.096" |
XSmall |
Rovner 6* Torpedo-form Square window
like in clarinet pieces. Very good player. Quite edgy but
a strong core in the low register. Useful for rock and
funk. Reed #2 |
€85 |
| RICO |
Plastic |
.077" |
Medium |
Rico
Metalite M5 New, only playtested. New model with
glossy surface. Powerful medium bright. Good for lead
and for electric instruments. The Metalites were Arnold
Brilhart last design. Very good players. Don't be fooled
by the low price. |
€50 |
| Runyon |
Plastic |
.072" |
Small |
Custom #5, Black |
€90 |
| Runyon |
Metal |
.080" |
Medium |
Runyon "The Spoiler" 8. The spoiler removed. Easy to play. Bright Dukoff-like sound. | €69 |
| Brand |
Material |
Tip |
Chamber | NB: Price in Euros. Shipping cost and bank fees will be added | Price |
| Selmer (USA) |
HR |
.061" |
Medium | Selmer USA Looks like the Couf Artist blank. Plays very, very well with a dark sound. | €140 |
| Selmer |
HR |
.062" |
Medium |
Selmer short shank Soloist C* |
€220 |
| Selmer |
HR |
.060" |
Small |
Selmer S80 C*. Square chamber. Looks to
be nearly unplayed. Plays and sounds as it should. |
€69 |
| SONORA |
HR/Metal |
.033" |
XLarge | "2" Very peculiar, short
piece Hard Rubber with metal tip and table. Original
screw-on ligature and "deep-V" cap. Very small tip
opening. Collectors item. Sonora
trade mark was used by German saxophone manufacturer
Adler. Later used by B&S in Eastern Germany. |
FREE |
| W.C.Sumner |
HR |
.064" |
Large |
Sumner Acousticut 3.
Stamped STANDARD on table. The Sumner mouthpieces are
hidden gems. This one is a very good playe with a lovely
singing sound, somewhere between a white Brilhart
and an MC Gregory. Egal over the sax. Good for lead. |
€140 |
| Theo Wanne |
HR |
.084" |
Medium |
Theo Wanne NY Bros 2 "7" s/n 18A3. Original
box and bag. Easy to play with the right reed. Roberto's
2,5 suits fine. Sold |
€165 |
| Vandoren |
HR |
.061" |
Medium |
Vandoren (Same blank as
Diamond Perfecta) 5 Absolutely lovely sound. Bright,
but not edgy, singing quality. |
€110 |
| Vandoren |
HR |
.067" |
Medium |
Vandoren (Same blank as Diamond Perfecta) 5
Tip opened by Istvan Gabor. It is a brilliant
lyrical mouthpiece, maybe best for classical playing, more
brilliant than a Selmer C*. |
€110 |
| Wolfe Tayne | Metal |
.094" |
Large | Wolfe Tayne Chrome plated 7*. Has a
powerful and warm sound below the octave key and bright
without being thin above. Good for lead. Very slim size.
Use a Rovner L4 for Eb-clarinet as ligature. |
€75 |
| The Woodwind Company | HR |
.073" |
Medium |
The Woodwind Company
"KG" Steel Ebonite Cap and ligature. This mouthpiece
sounds terrific and would be the choice on a Sax from the
40's with a Swing Dance orchestra, buttery, creamy, bold. |
€97 |
| Yanagisawa |
HR |
.090" |
Medium | #8 Like new. Very well playing mouthpiece with a full-bodied sound. | €97 |