{"id":43189,"date":"2014-12-20T07:33:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T15:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=43189"},"modified":"2024-06-17T10:24:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T17:24:55","slug":"the-definitive-sax-mouthpiece-diagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2014\/the-definitive-sax-mouthpiece-diagram\/","title":{"rendered":"The Definitive Sax Mouthpiece Diagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you were to Google sax mouthpiece diagram,<\/em> or something else along those lines, you’d find quite a few different ones. Some are decent enough, but some are seriously lacking in the parts labelling department.<\/p>\n

For years now I have always been relying on the diagrams of others when it comes to discussing mouthpieces. Well no more. Yesterday I spent a few hours putting together three different sax mouthpiece diagrams. These three diagrams provide a comprehensive overview of all the bits and areas that together form a very large part of our instrument’s sound.<\/p>\n

How much of our saxophone’s sound comes from the mouthpiece? I’m not even going to hazard a guess when it comes to percentages. But we do know that the closer to the source of the sound\u2014our chest cavity\u2014the greater the effect changes to gear will have in altering our sound.<\/p>\n

That’s why for example, a player using a Selmer C* mouthpiece will sound very different on the same horn, than he\/she does when they use a Dukoff S7. (For a more complete discussion on this topic see my discussion on The Source of Tone<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The mouthpiece on our instrument is what allows the player to project his\/her tone through the horn itself. Without a mouthpiece we can’t do anything of course. If a mouthpiece has been damaged, or has been improperly manufactured or altered, its playability may be severely compromised.<\/p>\n

My hope is that you’ll find these sax mouthpiece diagrams useful. In putting them together I’ve drawn from my years of playing and saxophone studies, as well as fact-checking in a number of hard copy resources that I have in my music library.<\/p>\n

Sax Mouthpiece Diagram #1: Side View<\/h2>\n

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\nWeltklang alto sax mouthpiece, by mpmusic on eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Sax Mouthpiece Diagram #2: Table View<\/h2>\n

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\nGeo Bundy (top) and Conn Eagle (bottom) bass sax mouthpieces, by H. Kahlke<\/span><\/p>\n

Sax Mouthpiece Diagram #3: Interior Shank View<\/h2>\n

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\nConn sopranino mouthpiece, on eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n

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