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CONTENTS
In this issue:
February 2015
03 From the Founder
04 Review: Silverstein Ligature
05 This year in sax
Our rundown of events for your diary from the saxophone
world.
10 Warmup for Success
13 Cleaned your pads lately?
Repair guru Steve Crow talks us through why we should and
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16 A conversation with: JAMIE OEHLERS
Pad time
21 Bobby Keys - a life in music
A look at the life of legendary Rolling Stones saxman.
23 Snake Davis Masterclass Review
A peak inside the famous sax solos masterclass.
25 Starting a band
27 Feature: Mouthpiece Materials
World renowned mouthpiece designer Theo Wanne gives us
the lowdown on what makes our mouthpieces tick. Part 1 of 3.
31 Chris Potter Underground Orchestra
32 Event Review: Sax200 Expo
A look at the Adolphe Sax museum
in Brussels
16
Aussie jazz
legend on
improvising
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Mouthpiece
materials
KNOWLEDGE
Saxophone Mouthpiece Materials
by Theo Wanne - Part 1
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BRASS MOUTHPIECES
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What about lead brass?
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Otto Link ‘New York’ Slant
Signature Tenor Mouthpiece
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MOUTPIECE MATERIALS
note that the quantity of lead potentially
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Durability
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while located in New York City.
HARD RUBBER
MOUTHPIECES
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“Never leave
your hard rubber mouthpieces in direct
sunlight too
long”
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Issues and additives:
alto mouthpieces included a
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to increase the strength of the
Personaline Mouthpiece.
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MOUTPIECE MATERIALS
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How to spot an old one:
OTHER VINTAGE MOUTHPIECE
MATERIALS
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Copper
Sanding Lines
Mouthpieces.
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Silver
Meyer Bros. Mouthpiece.
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MOUTPIECE MATERIALS
“The vintage Brilhart hard rubber
mouthpieces, in particular, have an incredibly sweet smell and is my all time
favorite hard rubber.”
Stainless Steel
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Gene Ammons with his Bril
mouthpiece
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Rare Meyer Bros. Solid Silver
Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece.
MODERN MOUTHPIECE MATERIALS
Silverite
Vintage Berg
Larsen
Mouthpieces
made from
Stainless
Steel
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Plastic
Theo Wanne
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Silverite
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