Before Meyer i played on otto link stm 7 and 6 metal, but didn’t like my sound, because i’m a fan of old jazzers like Cannonball, B. Carter, Sonny Stitt and i can’t make a sound like them, when i play jazz on my Meyer 6 with Yamaha 62II - fell like bird)) Very like this mouthpiece, but there is one minus - ligature, I recommend to buy vandoren optimum with this mouthpiece