Updated: How Searching For The Mouthpiece Of Your Dreams May Lead To Rebuilding Classic Cars

This morning I happened across a photo by Katsumi Egashira on Flickr. In this photo, Katsumi displayed his/her collection of saxophone mouthpieces.

  Alto Saxophone Mouthpieces

     Photography by:  ktm_ega  Source: Flickr

Hard Rubber In Front Row:

• Selmer C*
• Rousseau Studio Jazz
• G by Meyer 5#
• Yanagisawa (???)
• Nagamatsu
• Claude Lakey 5*3
• Claude Lakey 6*3
• Bay
• Aizen MB
• Aizen SO
• Woodstone
• Meyer (’80??)
• Meyer (???#6)
• Vandoren A5
• Brilhart Ebolin 3*
• Beechler
• Beechler Studio Jazz

Metal In Back Row:

• Dukoff F5
• Yanagisawa #7
• Bay

Katsumi’s collection of mouthpieces immediately brought to mind the guys I know (sorry guys, I personally don’t know any women caught up in what I’m about to describe), who are forever in pursuit of “the” sound. They buy mouthpiece after mouthpiece, reed after reed, lig after lig, and in some cases, horn after horn, all in pursuit of the sound.

So, with creative and my naturally comedic thoughts flowing, I came up with the following… The Bassic Sax G.A.S. & Sound Dissatisfaction Flow Chart. Enjoy…

Update: I had a chance to redo this flowchart today using my laptop. Now things are as the should be. The image file above looks right, and I was able to subsequently create a PDF document as well.

If you would like to download the PDF version of this invaluable research tool for your very own, you may do so. The GAS & Sound Dissatisfaction Flow Chart might save you hours of time, and hundreds, if not thousands of dollars.

Why not skip all the steps in between, and look for your first classic car.