I do however have a bunch of new old stock Rovners that were left to me by my tech when he moved out of town. Unfortunately the box is long gone, so I don’t know which one it is. I don’t have a Metalite soprano, but I have had a Graftonite for years, and before I switched to the Runyon Custom, the Rico was my main soprano mouthpiece.įor a ligature I use a Rovner on it. You are right, these Rico mouthpieces are not as skinny as regular mouthpieces, although the soprano and baritone pieces are the smallest of the bunch-proportionally speaking-and closest to other mouthpieces for the size of horns.
BARITONE SAX MOUTHPIECE FACING CHART SERIES
Please see the rest of the articles in this Series to read more about these Arnold Brilhart designed mouthpieces, and why these sleeper pieces are such a good value for your mouthpiece dollar. I have an entire Series on the Rico mouthpieces already-which this article is a part of-so I will not review more about the Metalites here. Something on the ‘Net wrong? 😯 I know it’s shocking that someone might post something that’s inaccurate, but please try to get over it. Or perhaps the Internet chatter was incorrect. I find that hard to believe since we know there are more alto players than any other type of saxophone. Although perhaps they conducted some research and the alto players surveyed didn’t like them. I have read on the Internet-I believe it might have been on SOTW-that Rico decided to not bring back the altos at this time because there is not enough demand for them. To date no new alto Metalite models are available. When Rico decided to reintroduce the Metalites, they did so only for soprano, tenor, and baritone. Facing Chart For The ORIGINAL Rico Royal Metalite Mouthpieces However, when the Metalites were reintroduced, there were not as may facing choices for players, and sizes were no longer listed on the boxes.īecause 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. In any event, this left players who were looking for these loud, projecting, yet very controllable Rico pieces, relegated to trying to either find them used-or if a person was lucky like I was-as new old stock in music stores.Īfter 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. It’s doubtful at this point even Rico could give you an answer. Unlike their Graftonite cousins which Rico continued to manufacture, Metalites were discontinued. Why? Who knows. 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. The Currently Available Rico Graftonite & Metalite MouthpiecesĪs regular readers of my blog know, over the past week I’ve written a couple of articles about the original Rico Metalite Mouthpieces.The New Rico Metalite Family Is Finally Complete.
Rico Royal Metalite Baritone Chamber & Facing Info.Making A Homemade Baffle For A Sax Mouthpiece.An Interesting Hard Copy Bass Sax Resource.The DURGA is both powerful and fat sounding simultaneously. No longer does the saxophonist need to have a thin sound in order to get huge power and projection. The result is a powerful mouthpiece with a huge core and breadth of sound. The DURGA has a technically advanced design and manufacturing process. With many patents behind their products, Theo WanneTM mouthpieces are among the highest quality and most innovative in the world. Many baritone players who never liked metal mouthpieces before love this mouthpiece. It is machined from a single block of solid brass. The Power Ring is a ring set at the back of the chamber that radically tapers the chamber down, giving the mouthpiece the benefits of the True Large Chamber with the power found in small chamber mouthpieces. It can both scream and play a soft ballad, with a uniquely designed baffle and deeply rounded inner side walls with TW's True Large Chamber and Power Ring. It goes on to state, "Nothing like it has existed in the alto world before." We are not so sure they aren't right. Theo Wanne's literature reads, "The DURGA has the most advanced design and manufacturing process of any mouthpiece in history." A bold claim. Due to the nature of the DURGA design and the baritone's already robust sound, the DURGA baritone mouthpiece is extremely versatile and recommended for most types of music.
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