Hi, Great blog. It's a joy to read. Because of your blog, I have a question. I'm a life long sax player, studied in college, et...

Vintage Brilhart 'Tonalin' Clarinet Mouthpiece Whenever I get the chance to pick up a vintage Brilhart Ebolin or Tonalin mouth...

Widely considered among the finest Selmer made, "HS*Oval" mouthpieces from the 1950s are getting more difficult to acquire. For an...

One of the most iconic pictures of a jazz clarinetist  depicts Artie Shaw, meditatively putting a Brilhart mouthpiece to his lips, with fing...

Benny Goodman Model Mouthpiece by Selmer (c.1955) The newest addition to The Jazz Clarinet's ever expanding mouthpiece museum is a...

Morgan RM06 One of the more unusual mouthpieces in my collection is a Ralph Morgan RM06, which has a scoop beak more common to saxo...

Vandoren B45 It has been a long time since I've played a Vandoren B45. The ancient specimen seen above was my main mouthpiece from...

I've always felt the Vandoren concept favored a warm, slightly diffuse sound that nevertheless held shape consistently throughout t...

1989 Charles Bay Mouthpiece   The battle tested Bay in this photo was my first handcrafted pro-model mouthpiece, purchased in 1989 (th...

When I played Buffet R13s, these mouthpieces were my bread and butter for pops concerts and jazz--in fact, they were the only mouthpieces I ...

Of the fifty or so mouthpieces in my collection, only one--a Morgan purchased in 1989--might qualify as a specifically made "jazz"...