Some other specifications include 0 090 inches tip opening and facial length of 21 mm.
Alto sax mouthpiece tip openings.
This number is usually on the side of the mouthpiece body or on the table.
The smaller the tip size the more narrow the opening.
Mouthpiece charts tenor click the dots below the image to view more sizes.
Below are tenor and alto mouthpiece charts showing some of the most popular mouthpiece makes and their tip openings or facings.
This alto sax mouthpiece is one of their top models and it is often preferred because of its low rate.
This one carries only 1 2 ounces weight and its size is 4 x 1 5 x 1 5 inches.
The tip opening of the saxophone mouthpiece will impact both the comfort of play the sound volume and the tone colour of the instrument.
Our most popular seller is the super tone master bell metal otto link tenor sax mouthpiece.
It s been selected by artists for over 50 years to capture and hold professional quality sounds.
For the same reed strength increasing the tip opening of the saxophone mouthpiece will allow to have more sound volume and give more body and width to the sound.
The saxophone mouthpiece and clarinet mouthpiece tip size or tip opening is the distance between the reed and mouthpiece tip.
This information has been adapted and expanded upon based on an original listing from a 1995 1996 price list from the saxophone shop ltd 2834 central street evanston il 60201.
Mouthpieces explained the facing tip opening.
It is difficult to play soft with a mouthpiece like this.
The soprano mouthpiece is available in 3 different tip openings and a single chamber.
If this is the case you might want to try a smaller tip opening of that make or use a softer reed.
Otto link mouthpieces are also more open than at the beggining of the company in the 40 s musicians mostly used 4 or 5 tip opening.
Interestingly the two tip openings are also available.
The top line of each chart describes the opening in thousandths of an inch.
The larger the tip size the larger the opening.
A long facing can be more difficult to control and along with a wide tip opening requires good embouchure strength if played with a hard reed.
Available in soprano alto tenor and baritone all with ligatures and caps.
The new s chamber is the next step in the evolution of the v16 alto mouthpiece.
Metal mouthpieces tend to be more popular with the tenor saxophone as they can project the sound further.
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In return a more open mouthpiece requires an.
Charts are available for soprano alto tenor and baritone mouthpieces.
This extends from the table and controls the gap between mouthpiece and reed known as the tip opening.
