Saxophone Mouthpiece Facing Charts

This information was copied verbatim from the 1995/1996 price list of The Saxophone Shop Ltd, 2834 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201.

The top line of each chart describes the opening in thousandths of an inch.

Charts are available for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone mouthpieces.

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Soprano Saxophone

	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105
BARI Ebonite		.58	.60 .62	.64 .66	.68 .70	.72 .74
Beechler	4	5	6	7		8
Berg Larsen	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85
Dukoff		D4	D5	D6	D7	D8	D9	D10
Guy Hakwins			4-5	6	7
Meyer	5	6-7	8-9	10
Otto Link	5	5*	6	6*	7	7*	8	8*	9
RIA			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Rousseau	2R, 3R	4R	5R	6R	7R	8R
Runyon	5	6	7		8	9		10	11
Selmer	C*, C**	D/E	F/G	H	I
Vandoren	S15		S25		S35
Wolf Tayne		4	5	6			7
Yanagisawa		5	6	7	8	9

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Alto Saxophone

	60	62	65	70	74	75	80	83	85	90	95	100	105	110
BARI				.72		.77		.82	.87
BARI (R.C.)			4	5		6	7
Beechler			3	4		5	6		7		8
Berg Larsen				70		75	80		85	90	95	100	105	110
Couf		4*				5-6	7-8	9*	10*
Dukoff			D4	D5	D6		D7		D8	D9	D10
Guy Hawkins							4		5	6	7	8	9	10
Meyer				5		6	7		8	9		10	11	12
Otto Link	4*		5	5*		6	6*		7	7*	8	8*	9	9*
RIA	1		2	3		4	5		6	7	8	9	10
Rousseau	3R		4R			5R
Rousseau Classic			NC4	NC5	NC6	NC7
Rousseau Jazz				JDX4		JDX5	JDX6		JDX7
Runyon	2	3	4	5	6		7	8		9		10		11
Selmer	B*	C	C*	C**		D	E		F	G		H
Vandoren		A20	A25	A27			A35		A45			A55
Vandoren Java							A35		A45			A55	A75	A95
Jumbo Java							A35		A45			A55	A75	A95
Wolf Tayne							4	5		6	7	8	9	10
Yanagisawa									5	6	7	8	9

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Tenor Saxophone

	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115	120	125	130
BARI					.85	.90	.95	.100	.105	.110	.115	.120
Beechler			3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Berg Larsen				80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115	120
Couf			3*	4-5	6-7	8*
Dukoff			D4		D5		D6		D7		D8		D9	D10
Guy Hawkins				4	5	6	7	8	9		10
Meyer			5	6	7	8		9	10	11	12
Otto Link		4	4*	5	5*	6	6*	7	7*	8	8*	9	9*	10
RIA		3	3*	4	4*	5	5*	6	6*	7	7*	8	8*	9
Runyon	1	2	3	4-5	6	7		8		9		10	11
Rousseau			3R	4R	5R
Rousseau Jazz						JDX4	JDX5	JDX6	JDX7	JDX8
Selmer	C	C*	C**	D	E	F	G		H
Vandoren		T15		T20	T25	T35
Vandoren Java						T45	T55		T75		T95	T97
Jumbo Java						T45	T55		T75		T95	T97
Wolf Tayne				4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Yanagisawa							5	6	7	8	9

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Baritone Saxophone

	70	73	75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115	120	125	130
Beechler					3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Berg Larsen	70		75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115	120	125	130
Dukoff					D4		D5		D6		D7		D8	D9
Guy Hawkins						3	4	5	6		7	8	9	10
Meyer					4	5		6	7	8	9	10
Otto Link				4	4*	5	5*	6	6*	7	7*	8	8*	9
RIA			3*		4*		5*		6*		7*		8*
Rousseau			3R	4R	5R	6R
Runyon	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		9		10		11
Selmer	B*		C	C*	C**	D	E	F	G	H
Wolf Tayne						3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Yanagisawa							5			7		9

Saxophone Mouthpiece Comparison

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Below is a brief list of Saxophone setups, listed alphabetically by player. The latest information has been contributed by John Laughter and can be found in his book Contemporary Saxophone.

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Name	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Baritone
Cannonball Adderly		Gregory 4 or 5
Gerald Albright	Dukoff D7	Metal Beechler 7	Dukoff 7
Justo Almario	Selmer D, Rico or Hemke Reeds	Metal Beechler 6, La Voz or Hemke Reeds	Metal Otto Link 8, Rico Reeds
Harold Ashby			Otto Link
Gabe Baltazar		Lakey 4*3 or Beechler S8S
Gary Bartz		Vandoren A45
Bob Berg	Metal Selmer G		Metal Francios Louie
Jerry Bergonzi			Hard Rubber Otto Link 6
Jay Beckenstein	Selmer C*, Van Doren #3 reeds	Beechler 6, Vandoren #3 Reeds
Tim Berne		Rubber Berg Larsen 95/2, Vandoren Reeds
Jane Ira Bloom	Metal Selmer D
Hamiet Bluiett			RIA Medium / Lawton
Arthur Blythe		Metal Berg Larsen 95/1, LaVoz Reeds
DonBraden	Meyer #7, Vandoren #3 Reeds		Lawton Metal, Vandoren #4 Reeds
Mike Brignola				Lawton 6  La Voz Medium Hard Reeds
Nick Brignola	Runyon 7	Runyon Bionix 8*	Runyon Bionix 8*	Runyon 9*
Michael Brecker	Guardala 8		Guardala Studio Model, LaVoz Reeds
Nick Brignola				Runyon
Ace Cannon		Rubber Berg Larson 80/1	Rubber Berg Larson 90/1
Pete Christlieb			Metal Berg Larsen 130/0, Rico Plasticover #2 Reeds
Clarence Clemons			Dukoff D9, D11  Rico Plasticover
Arnett Cobb			Otto Link (9?)  Rico Royal 3
Mark Colby	Selmer H		Hard Rubber Otto Link 8
George Coleman	Vandoren A25	Meyer 5	Otto Link 7*
John Coltrane			Metal Otto Link 6 star
Jay Corre			Berg Larsen 110
Ronnie Cuber			Otto Link 8*
Eddie Daniels			Metal Otto Link 7*
Jay Davidson	Dukoff	Guardala	Guardala MB	Berg Larsen
Paul Desmond		Gregory 4A-18M Rico 3 1/2 Reeds
Dennis Diblasio			Lawton 8*B	Lawton 7*B
Paquito D'Rivera	Otto Link 6	Metal Selmer F
Bill Evans			Guardala Studio Model, Vandoren Reeds
Lawrence Feldman	Selmer D	NY Meyer 6 w/wedge	Otto Liink 7
Brandon Fields	Selmer E	Metal Beechler 8, Hard Rubber Berg Larsen 90/2	Metal Beechler 8 or 9
Med Flory		Brilhart 5*
Frank Foster	Yanigasawa 5		Lawton 10*B
Kenny Garrett		Selmer E
Stan Getz			Otto Link 8*
Kenny Gorlick	Dukoff metal D8, Hemke #2  1/2 Reeds	Beechler hard rubber S5S, Hemke #3 Reeds	RIA metal  5, Hemke #3 Reeds
Johnny Griffin			Metal  Otto Link, 150 tip
Scott Hamilton			Otto Link 10*
Craig Handy	Vandoren S25	Berg Larsen 105/1
John Harle	Selmer Soloist B, Vandoren #3 Reeds	Selmer S-80 C*, Vandoren #3 Reeds, Meyer 5M, Rico Royal #3 Reeds	Selmer Solist B or S-80 C*, Vandoren #3 Reeds
Jimmy Heath			Hard Rubber Selmer D
John Klemmer			Metal Brilhart
Dave Koz	Couf 8	Metal Beechler 7	Hard Rubber Berg Larsen
Steve Lacey	Otto Link 12
Oliver Lake	Selmer	RIA 7
Don Lamphere	Couf 7*	Couf 5*	Couf 8*
Dave Liebman	Guardala Bari Plastic Reed		Sugal
Joe Lovano		Otto Link 9*	Ebony Francois Louis 10*
Joe Lulloff	Selmer S-80 C*	Selmer S-80 C**  Meyer 5M  Beechler 7	Rousseau  Otto Link	Selmer S-80D  Berg Larsen
Bob Malach			Metal Otto Link 8*
Eric Marienthal	Metal Beechler 8,  Vandoren 3 Reeds	Metal Beechler 7	Berg Larsen 110/2,  Vandoren 3 Reeds
Branford Marsalis	Bari		Branford Marsalis Guardala
Mel Martin		Peter Ponzol M-1	Peter Ponzol M-1
Jackie McLean		Berg Larsen - Bari Reed
Charles McPherson		Meyer 5	Arbex 7*
Bob Mintzer		Berg Larsen 95/0	Dukoff LD 7
James Moody			Otto Link 10* metal, Rico 3 Reeds, Oleg ligature
Gerry Mulligan				Gale 5
Tommy Newsom	Selmer S 80	Leonard Gullota 5*	Brilhart 5*	Hard Rubber Otto Link 6
Dick Oatts	Wolf Tane 7	Berg Larsen 90/2	Otto Link 8
Scott Page			Hard Rubber Otto Link
Charlie Parker		Brilhart 5?
Maceo Parker		Brilhart Ebolin
Ken Peplowski		Beechler 5	Berg Larsen 110/0
Houston Person			Lawton 10 metal
Lenny Pickett	Selmer C*	Meyer 5	BergLarsen 130/0 SMS Vandoren Reeds	Hard Rubber Berg Larsen 115/0
Boots Randolph			Dukoff D9, La Voz Med Reeds
Joshua Redman			Metal Otto Link 9*
Jerome Richardson	Selmer	Hard Rubber Otto Link	Metal Otto Link
Sonny Rollins			Berg Larsen or Wolf Tayne
James Rotter	Selmer S-80 C**  Vandoren Reeds	Selmer S-80 C**  Vandoren Reeds	Selmer S-80 C**  Vandoren Reeds	Selmer S-80 C**  Vandoren Reeds
Marc Russo	Yanigisawa 9	Meyer 6, Rico Plasticover Reeds	Dukoff D9
David Sanborn		Dukoff D7, D9
Pharoh Sanders	Metal Selmer		Metal Selmer
Tom Scott		Strathon 8 or 9
Andy Shepard	Bari
Wayne Shorter	Hard Rubber Otto Link 10		Hard Rubber Otto Link 10
James Umble	Selmer C*  Morgan 3C  Vandoren 3 1/2	Selmer C*  Vandoren 3 1/2	Selmer C*  Vandoren 3 1/2
Chris Vadala	Selmer C*	Meyer 7	Otto Link 8
Sadao Watanabe		Meyer 5
Bobby Watson		Vandoren A35
Ernie Watts	Runyon 9	Lawton 9*	Metal Otto Link - 160 tip opening
Ben Webster			Metal Otto Link, Rico 3 1/2 Reeds
Kirk Whalum	Dukoff 8*		Guardala - Brecker
Edgar Winter		Brilhart Level Air 6	Brilhart Level Air 6
Phil Woods		Meyer 5, La Voz medium reeds