Aizen SO Mouthpiece Tenor Sax 7*

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Mouthpiece for Tenor Saxophone

  • Tip opening: 7# (.105")
  • Excellent response
  • Suitable for classic and jazz
  • Special chamber shape and short facing length for warm and expressive tone
  • The design prevents air flow problems that plague vintage mouthpieces hitting low notes.
  • For stress-free, balanced sound over the entire range
Available since April 2011
Item number 254649
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Facing Length 25,00 mm
Tip Opening 2,67 mm
Chamber Horseshoe Shape
Material Composite
Cap No
Ligature No
$299
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Focused with some grunt and sizzle
Leon Zap 09.02.2022
After playing tenor saxophone for almost 27 years now, I have never warmed up to a hard rubber mouthpiece and I had/have Brilhart, Meyer. Otto Link. Morgan, Yamaha and Yanagisawa and Vandoren. The only one I am using is the Vandoren Jumbo Java on loud electric gigs. Otherwise, I mainly use metal because it works with my anatomy. But the soloist design along with Aizen's improvements and secret sauce may make me move towards hard rubber.

The SO series with the 7* opening is like a Selmer H which is very hard to find. This should be 2.7 mm or .105 inch but the one I got is .104. This timbre and volume is even -- sax will never be even but it is even than most mouthpieces. I tried this on a 53 Selmer SBA, Yamaha YTS-62 and a 74 Buffet SDA. The Buffet is more spread by nature and this horns helps to focus that. Even at H or 7* it is relative free blowing. If you do descending arpeggios ending on the bell notes, this mouthpiece makes that easy and you will not break as much. Subtones usually end up with a lot of escaping air, but not on this one/ The horseshoe chamber is not as constricted as Selmer. The facing is perfect and the reeds seals properly.

Like I said wider tip soloists are hard to find and many retailers charge extra. ofr G and wider openings Thomann pricing is great and considering there is nothing else needed like a refacing - in the end this is a great deal.

Even at 7*, this still shows its classical roots. Push with faster air and/or softer reeds you can rock with this piece. Normal tone is jazz oriented.

The shank diameter is slightly large compared to most HR pieces , like Vandoren. But if you are flipping between and Otto LInk the shank diameter are comparable. Altissimo on this is rounder in tone than most and if you have the chops you can match timbre and you wont sound like you are doing altissimo. Y can do an edge of silence volume and a timbre like flautando on a violin.

I was once told that every horn player should have a soloist mouthpiece. This Aizen SO gets you a very playable soloist
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Gutes Mundstück
Ph6426 27.03.2017
Ich hatte zum Vergleich von Aizen die Modelle Link und Soloist zum Vergleich. Beide waren sehr gut gearbeitet und angenehm zu spielen. Auch wenn von der Kammer her an deutlicher Unterschied zu sehen war, war der Unterschied geringer als bei den Vorbild gebenden Originalen und eine ähnlich Richtung bei beiden zu erkennen. Das Link Mundstück klingt allerdings doch etwas wolkiger, das Soloist Modell fokussierter. Obwohl beide eher dunkle (nicht muffig) in der Klangfarbe sind, ist Präsenz kein Problem. Das Soloist habe ich behalten, da es mir besser gefiel, das ist aber ganz persönlicher Geschmack. Auf dem Mundstück funktionieren erfreulich viele Blättersorten. Die Intonation ist auf verschiedenen Instrumenten sehr gut und die Ansprache auch.
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HN
sehr gutes mpc...
Helmut N. 15.02.2019
... doch leider passt es nicht.
es ist zwar butterweich und problemlos über den gesamten breich zu spielen, trotzdem fehlt das letzte quäntchen.
vllt. ist es der fehlende blaswiederstand oder der etwas zu helle sound im oberen drittel.
ich bleibe bei meinem navarro.
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