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Yamaha has a long standing reputation for making quality musical instruments. I own a trumpet, a sax & a guitar made by them and I've never been disappointed. The mouthpieces for the saxophone has never needed any refinement. Always easy to find the correct pitch.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Even though it is priced like a student mouthpiece these are usually well reviewed. I was disappointed that my mouthpiece had a facing that was a little off. It was not cut in plane with the baffle resulting in a corner at the tip being different on one side than the other. I noticed it immediately when putting the reed on. A quick visual inspection at Yamaha should have rejected this one. Even a beginning player could have seen it wasn't done right. I bought it as a "New Open Box" item. Probably someone bought it, opened the boxed and immediately exchanged it for another at the store. Otherwise it was new. I doubt anyone even tried to play it. I'm an experienced player, and fortunately have the skills and tools needed to correct the defect which I did. It played, but not perfectly, until I made the correction. After doing the tip facing correction, which also opened up the tip a little as result, it plays very well on my vintage Conn 12M baritone sax. It has a good tone and is now easy to play top to bottom. I have high regard for the quality or Yamaha products from past experience. Yamaha probably has full confidence in their automated manufacturing, so maybe they don't do much inspection. There are probably more of these out there that are less than perfect, but still "playable". I would recommend only buying one that you can return if it is less than perfect on the facing cut and especially at the tip. Get a perfect one and it may surprise you how good these can be for the price. When right they are as good as some mouthpieces costing much more, but make certain it is perfect when you buy or that you can return it if it is not. Correcting or modifying a facing must be done by someone with experience and the proper tools. Otherwise the cost to have this done can exceed the cost of the mouthpiece itself. In the end however, I have a great sounding and playing mouthpiece that is now slightly customized and better than new.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Probably the best stock/student mouthpiece made. Especially when used on the Yamaha baritone sax.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
This was just what I needed for my experience level.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Great !
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
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