{"id":20462,"date":"2010-08-01T10:17:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T17:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=20462"},"modified":"2010-08-08T10:12:42","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T17:12:42","slug":"facing-chart-for-all-the-original-rico-metalite-saxophone-mouthpieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2010\/facing-chart-for-all-the-original-rico-metalite-saxophone-mouthpieces\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing Chart For All The Original Rico Metalite Saxophone Mouthpieces"},"content":{"rendered":"

As regular readers of my blog know,\u00a0over the past week I’ve written a couple of articles about the original Rico Metalite Mouthpieces. These unassuming mouthpieces don’t carry the hefty price tag of other big name pieces, but they were indeed designed by a big name in mouthpieces: the late Arnold Brilhart.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: A Friend Of Bassic Sax<\/h6>\n

Unlike\u00a0their Graftonite cousins which Rico continued\u00a0to\u00a0manufacture, Metalites were discontinued.\u00a0Why? Who knows. It’s doubtful at this point even Rico could give you an answer.<\/p>\n

In any event, this left\u00a0players who were looking for these loud, projecting, yet very controllable\u00a0Rico pieces, relegated to trying to either find them used\u2014or if a person was lucky\u00a0like I was\u2014as new old stock in music stores.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.co.uk<\/h6>\n

After much lobbying by players it appears that Rico got the message, and in 2009 the company did reintroduce the dull grey plastic mouthpieces that had many of the properties of metal ones. However, when the Metalites\u00a0were reintroduced, there were not as may facing choices for players, and\u00a0sizes were no longer listed on the boxes.<\/p>\n

Because I regularly get people looking for information about the Rico Metalite mouthpieces, I decided to compile a chart of the original facings as they were listed on the boxes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Facing Chart For The ORIGINAL Rico Royal Metalite Mouthpieces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nSoprano<\/strong><\/td>\nAlto<\/strong><\/td>\nTenor<\/strong><\/td>\nBaritone<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soprano<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M5<\/td>\n.060\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M7<\/td>\n.065\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M9<\/td>\n.070\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M11<\/td>\n.075\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alto<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M5<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.080\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M7<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.090\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M9<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.100\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M11<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.110\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tenor<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M5<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.095\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M7<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.105\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M9<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.115\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M11<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.125\u201d<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baritone<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M5<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.100\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M7<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.110\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M9<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.120\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M11<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n.130\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: A Friend Of Bassic Sax<\/h6>\n

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When Rico decided to reintroduce the Metalites, they did so only for soprano, tenor, and baritone. To date no new alto Metalite models are available.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

I have read on the Internet\u2014I believe it might have been on SOTW\u2014that Rico decided to not bring back the altos at this time because there is not enough demand for them. I find that hard to believe since we know there are more alto players than any other type of saxophone.\u00a0Although perhaps they conducted some research and the alto players surveyed didn’t like them. Or perhaps the Internet chatter was incorrect.<\/p>\n

Something on the ‘Net wrong? \ud83d\ude2f\u00a0\u00a0I know it’s shocking that someone might post something that’s inaccurate, but please try to get over it. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I have an entire Series on the\u00a0Rico\u00a0mouthpieces already\u2014which this article is a part of\u2014so I will not review more about the\u00a0Metalites here. Please see the rest of the articles in this Series <\/a>to read more about these Arnold Brilhart designed mouthpieces, and why these sleeper<\/em> pieces are such a good value for your mouthpiece dollar.<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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