Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo.dixon tenor sax. I recently acquired a dixon tenor sax.I am a tech and am familiar with this sax.Their is currently a king listed on ebay item 130095114743 that is identical to this sax except it's silver nickel and mine is lacquer .The case looks identical to a B&S case from the gdr days.The resos in the horn are red like a yani.It is not made ...I thought it would be beneficial to share with you two websites that have several saxophone transcriptions available for download for free. I have found these as resources to be of excellent value. a. Charles McNeal Solo Transcriptions: Some 195 Solo Transcriptions form history's great exponents of our instrument.Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...6) transpose and repeat; 7) record what you played and check for areas to improve. This sequence is quite similar to what a good singer would do. Obviously, for a good singer transposition is not much of an issue, unless it leads to getting out of range (however, one has a similar range problem with the saxophone).Saxophone.org - created by saxophone players for saxophone players. Features an active saxophone forum, buy sell trade your sax, saxophone museum, sax …6759 posts · Joined 2014. #4 · Nov 19, 2021. My impression is that the SAS711 is the successor to the AS42 -- similar, but supposedly slightly improved, not identical. It's like the YAS-875EX and the YAS-875EXII. "The Selmer AS42 Alto Saxophone marks a first ever collaboration between Henri Selmer Paris and Selmer USA on an entry-level ...656 posts · Joined 2008. #4 · Jan 30, 2017. Either your knowledge level of saxophones or your skill level playing saxophones, or both levels, are just not high enough for you to see the shortcomings of a Mendini saxophone. As a parallel, a World Cup ski racer would simply not consider risking his life on an icy race course at 150km/hr with a ...Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories ...6) transpose and repeat; 7) record what you played and check for areas to improve. This sequence is quite similar to what a good singer would do. Obviously, for a good singer transposition is not much of an issue, unless it leads to getting out of range (however, one has a similar range problem with the saxophone).Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.7K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.6K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...10764 posts · Joined 2009. #17 · May 18, 2009. No doubt P. Mauriat saxophones and the companies direct marketed System 54 are professional saxophones of high quality and of professional set-up. What the general public does not have access to is direct comparisons of similar quality saxophones brands from Taiwan.From "Tram - The Frank Trumbauer Story" by Evans, Kiner and Trumbauer (Scarecrow Press, 1994) comes an entry (page 594) in Trumbauer's diary noting that he purchased a Holton alto sax, model 213, Finish 1, serial number 39648 from Holton for a total price of $282 on December 8, 1929. Trumbauer was a great fan and endorser of Holton saxes and ...The effects of tuning (pulling the mouthpiece in or out) are not linear. That is, a 1/8" or 5mm or whatever movement of the mpc, whether in (sharper) or out (flatter) will affect the high tones far more than the bottom end of the horn. The higher you go, the more distorted the effect of mpc position on tuning of the notes.Helen Discussion starter. 1147 posts · Joined 2003. #1 · Jun 13, 2021. For years now I have been meaning to develop an exercise index for the Universal Saxophone Method, by Paul DeVille. Over the past month I have finally gotten around to doing so. As an instructor I often use the Universal Method with my advancing students.Note that some "Chicago Jazz" horns were made by B&S.INTERNATIONAL SAXOPHONE FORUM. FORUM RULES. Temas 0 Messages 0. Temas 0 Messages 0. Ninguno. CLASSICAL SAXOPHONE FORUM. …Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Saxplayer1. 774 posts · Joined 2006. #10 · Aug 7, 2008. The Yani Metal 7 Soprano piece is a great piece, very well made and easy to control from bottom to High F# & G. My favorite piece for soprano is a Selmer Super Session "I" which to me has a bigger sound, however, my second favorite is the Yani Metal 7.Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, …Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Jean Paul TS-400 “Intermediate” Tenor Saxophone. Purchased January, 2021 from Amazon for $700. (Currently $980 on Amazon : 11/6/2023) I played it about 2.5 years until October, 2023 mostly in a community concert band. Sold on GearExchange for $500 plus shipping. (Great return on investment!)25 posts · Joined 2011. #13 · Sep 21, 2017. Early in his career, George Howard used a Selmer Mark VI soprano with a Runyon Custom 8 (the same as Grover Washington Jr) He used a Keilwerth SX90 soprano with a Selmer Classic Metal E (the same as John Coltrane) for most of his career until he died from Lymphoma (oddly the same as John Coltrane ...Sep 7, 2023 · 6763 posts · Joined 2014. #11 · Sep 8, 2023. Selmer already has pro models between the Axos and the Supreme: the Series II alto and the Series III tenors. They did not cancel these models (yet). Granted, it might be nice to have the same model available for both voices, but I think adding a "Signature" or whatnot would reclutter the Selmer ... A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, …Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...A week or two ago, i took my sax in for an overhaul, mainly cuz the lower spatula key notes weren't working up to par. I got it back and now I have a new problem. Before I've never used to have a sticky G# or C# key, (left pinky G#, and low C#) but now, everytime I take it out of the case, I need to "unstick" it with a bill or something or else ...B. Bobsee149 Discussion starter. 4 posts · Joined 2024. #6 · Jan 26, 2024. Thank you, 1saxman, for reminding me of the 1962 song "Let's Go," by The Routers. And what a great sax solo! So many songs from that era had powerful, growling sax solos with tons of soul. One example is Gene "Daddy G" Barge's sax work on Gary US Bonds' "New Orleans ...Helen Discussion starter. 1147 posts · Joined 2003. #1 · Jun 13, 2021. For years now I have been meaning to develop an exercise index for the Universal Saxophone Method, by Paul DeVille. Over the past month I have finally gotten around to doing so. As an instructor I often use the Universal Method with my advancing students.Boston Sax Shop - New Bury Street Strap Forestone (Japanese brand) ... Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds ...Sticky Does anyone have the Alt-Sax notes of "Careless Whisper"? B1G89; Aug 17, 2009; Locked; 2. 23 81K Feb 6, 2011. by kcp. John Hagee alto sax. QUILTART; Apr 12, 2024; 2 ... The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, CanadaApr 21, 2024 · Sax on the Web is a forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts bought to you by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about c ... ollections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! more Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.7K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...1234 posts · Joined 2015. #15 · Feb 1, 2024. There is a balance to life, and a balance to motivation. In the adult learning world, many do not wish to learn anything technical, like reading music and articulation, and instead just want to play by ear and have fun. There is a balance to the technical sax and the playing sax; and one cannot ...Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.7K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories ...Both the Reference 54 and AWO1 sound great; the AWO1 was just a smidge brighter. The AWO1 is a really free blower, and easier to play overall. The tone is a more focused and intonation is spot-on with minimal adjustment on my end. My wife commented that I look much more comfortable playing the AWO1. Finish on the AWO1 is excellent …Apr 21, 2024 · Sax on the Web is a forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts bought to you by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about c ... ollections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! more Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...B. Bobsee149 Discussion starter. 4 posts · Joined 2024. #6 · Jan 26, 2024. Thank you, 1saxman, for reminding me of the 1962 song "Let's Go," by The Routers. And what a great sax solo! So many songs from that era had powerful, growling sax solos with tons of soul. One example is Gene "Daddy G" Barge's sax work on Gary US Bonds' "New Orleans ...The 7 was too open for me, but I don't know about you. Volume shouldn't be too much of an issue with the 5JB and a soft reed. Keep the B45 for classical too. Soprano: Yamaha YSS-82Z, Marantz La Moderna 7, Francois Louis Ultimate, Rigotti Gold 3M. Alto: Selmer Mark VI 194xxx, Selmer Soloist Short Shank E, Rovner Light, BSS 3.Add to this the fact that we identify instruments not so much from the timbre of the steady state sound, but from the attack transient. If you take a piano recording and cut the attack transient, and do the same pitch with an oboe, it's difficult to tell the piano and oboe apart. Sound guy theory of relativity: E=mc^2 (+or- 3dB) Sax player ...Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Apr 21, 2024 ⋅ Contents. The best Saxophone forums, communities, discussion and message boards curated from thousands of forums on the web and ranked by …I dislike the Alto, I have a SX90, and did not care at all for the Soprano's. The 62 can be pretty bright depending on your disposition and the era of the sax. The 82Z is a darker sound than the 62 and blows a lot freer than the SX90. All 3 are good, usable saxes and solid for learning on. SAXBOY.February 21, 2021 ·. When an oboe doubler messes with his sax reeds. 1.Review for legere reeds. I just got my Legere 2.75 alto sax reed in today, my first synthetic reed. It really surprised me. It is very free blowing, but mabye because its a little soft to my liking. The sound got a little spread after a few minutes, but it was a focused sound. Again the spreading is probably because a thin reed.Remembering Paul Quinichette! Paul Quinichette (May 17, 1916 - May 25, 1983) was a jazz tenor saxophone musician. He was known as the Vice President or Vice Prez for his uncanny emulation of the breathy style of Lester Young, known as Prez. Young, who affectionately called everyone "Lady ****" (he called Billie Holiday "Lady Day"), …Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...A few observations. First of all there are different styles of music and concepts of a saxophone sound. The "best" embouchure for a jazz or rock musician may not be the same as the "best" embouchure for a musician who plays classical saxophone. The "bottom lip rolled out" expression is used a lot in discussions about saxophone embouchures.Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.7K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Are you an aspiring saxophonist or a music enthusiast in the Hornsby area? Look no further, because Raimond Sax is here to guide you on your musical journey. With years of experien...More importantly though, the users of the site have created over 3,200,000 posts of content all related to Saxophone Forums. Who owns SaxontheWeb.net? SaxontheWeb.net is now owned by VerticalScope, the leader in online forums. With over 800 forum communities, VerticalScope provides the technology that powers the community.Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...17 posts · Joined 2007. #4 · Aug 19, 2015. I have had one for a couple years. Good horn, but I "cheated" and had Ken Beason do his benchmark setup on the horn. I've got the 85% copper, which produces a warmer sound. You shouldn't have to pay full retail; got mine for $800 less than the 1st price quoted.saxguy9345. 107 posts · Joined 2003. #2 · Nov 22, 2003. I playtested a Meyer 6M and a Meyer G6 side by side from WWBW. I found the G to be more jazz oriented, a little more edge and a lot more power than the 6M. Its said that the Meyer G is a replica from the old Meyer Bros. mouthpieces, meyer's attempt at some quality control …Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Apr 8, 2021 · 3968 posts · Joined 2013. #1 · Apr 8, 2021. Hey everyone! I love listening to new players and hearing people from all over, so I figured I’d make a thread where you can put your recordings! These can be links to streaming tunes/albums, YouTube videos (I LOVE watching live gig videos more than anything else), home recordings - anything you want! Attachments. I have posted a For Sale Hamilton Alto Saxophone (Vintage) in SOTW Forum Marketplace Horns For Sale or Wanted. It. is listed on Ebay. If interested check out the SOTW thread & Ebay listing. Yes, it's a Conn. This horn is either identical to a late Pan American or early 14M (circa 1956-1961).Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Feb 12, 2018 · To clean oily or greasy deposits, use lighter fluid or equivalent. water with some detergent is a distant second. For gummy deposits, possibly best is acetone, but it will probably take the colour out of the pad, so perhaps alcohol as a poor contender. For mineral deposits, none of the above. Is it possible to play tenor saxophone with a jazz mouthpiece with, let's say, a 7* tip opening with replacement teeth. ... Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.7K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays ...1119 posts · Joined 2012. #7 · Jul 10, 2023. I had a few SYOS Link inspired mouthpieces that I purchased at a good price, They were at best OK and not very inspirational to play. I was watching a video of Chad LB where he was using his SYOS signature mouthpiece and he sounded fabulous on it.health problems that we sax-players face. 1: Saxophone players underestimate the seriousness of the health risks that playing the saxophone exposes us to. 2: there are roughly 26 common health-problems saxophone players experience. 3: Almost 100% of saxophone players run into one or more of these saxophone-related health-problems at some point.For my baritone, I'm playing a well worn Conn 12M saxophone. Mouthpieces I have and like: Otto Link Tone Edge (hard rubber) 7. Guy Hawkins (metal) 7. Both are .110. I had a Woodwind Educator, a great big wide open chamber hunk of good hard rubber, but with was dull, stuffy, and lifeless sound and response.1814 posts · Joined 2003. #1 · Jul 16, 2019. I've been browsing/shopping for a new contoured tenor case and on Amazon have seen the brand Crossrock cases that are supposedly made of fiberglass that look sturdy and nice. Wondering if any SOTWers own a Crossrock case and if you would recommend or advise to look elsewhere.Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...1548 posts · Joined 2004. #6 · Jul 28, 2017. My shop has sold three tenors and one alto.They are all exceptional playing saxophones.Worth every penny.The are well finished and play better than any other taiwanese made saxophone I have tried. Dirk zeylmans. www.tritone.net.au. Canberra,australia.Jan 4, 2017 · JayeLID. 21938 posts · Joined 2009. #5 · Jan 4, 2017. Gaston....a price point of $180 for a reliable Alto saxophone is not realistic.Neither in a new horn (which will be a piece of crap, like a Mendini) or a used one. $200 used Altos of good repute and in good playing condition ? They happen...once in a while. Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Jan 4, 2017 · JayeLID. 21938 posts · Joined 2009. #5 · Jan 4, 2017. Gaston....a price point of $180 for a reliable Alto saxophone is not realistic.Neither in a new horn (which will be a piece of crap, like a Mendini) or a used one. $200 used Altos of good repute and in good playing condition ? They happen...once in a while. Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Sticky Evaluating a Used Saxophone For Purchase (video) abadcliche; Jan 9, 2016; ... The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. VerticalScope Inc., 111 ...Oct 1, 2022 · Soprano Saxophone Purchase. I hope all is well. I am writing today to request input on a soprano saxophone purchase. • I spent a year on a Yamaha YSS-875EX soprano. I hate the sound of that horn. Great mechanics though. • I spent months on the Yamaha YSS-82ZR soprano. I strongly dislike the sound of that horn, but it has a great mechanism ... I currently play in a blues/funk/rock group and I make my presence felt easily with this setup. Antigua SS4290 Soprano - JodyJazz HR* 6*; Selmer SA80 SII Alto - Mayer M6 & JodyJazz Jet 6; Selmer SA80 SII Tenor - OttoLink STM 7* Floridated by Morgan Fry & JodyJazz DV 7*. Share.
The Senzo is also the only sax I have ever played where the middle D isn’t high in pitch. Sop: Selmer Serie III, Vandoren SP3, Vandoren V12 4. Alto: Buffet Crampon S1 Prestige and Buffet Crampon Senzo, Vandoren AL5, Legere Signature 3.25. Tenor: Buffet Crampon S1 Prestige, Selmer S90 190, Legere Signature 3.5.. Pornhun movies
(Saxophone) Makes and Models. Other A-J. Ida Maria GRASSI. Follow Forum Create Thread Filters ... The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada Manage Consent.According to Sylvie at SYOS, “The finishing of a 3D printed mouthpiece is not as clean as a hard rubber or metal piece. What you noticed on the side of the beak is the printer seam, all our mouthpieces have one. It does not alter the sound. Imperfections like that are on the outside of the mouthpiece only.Discussions about mouthpieces, reeds, ligatures, etc... 1087 discussions, 5791 total posts. Last: 4 months ago. Saxquest (420 posts) Zaxman (31 posts) Saxophone.org - created by saxophone players for saxophone players. Features an active saxophone forum, buy sell trade your sax, saxophone museum, sax teachers and more.Here's what we in this forum describe the tone of Buescher Big-B Aristocrat: sweet, best, killer, more focused that THC, less spread that THC, dark, brilliant, powerful, complex, powerful, wonderful, smooth, Buescher tone, special and resonant. After college with an engineering major (now 24), I have always been dreaming to be an audiophile.Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.4K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...New Francois Louis “Presentations”. I know these are not much in favor these days, but I’m a huge fan so…. Francois Louis’ website was recently updated to include a new style of mouthpiece for both alto and tenor. The Traditional Chamber. These sit alongside his medium and sphere types. The website describes them thus:However, metal mouthpieces usually have higher baffles than non-metal mouthpieces. So it is common to think that metal is louder and squeaky. But this is not due to the material. Players who like to play on the very tip of a mouthpiece are more prone to chirps. Players who take more mouthpiece in have less chirps.Sax on the Web Forum. 3.3M posts 75.8K members Since 2003 A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...4K views 7 replies 5 participants last post by Taragot Dec 14, 2015. H. hassmusic Discussion starter. 18 posts · Joined 2015. #1 · Dec 6, 2015. I wrote a piece for saxophone quartet called Polar Vortex that I think you'll all enjoy! Let me know what you think! Like. Sort by Oldest first.Enjoy banner ad-free browsing with Sax on the Web Forum Plus. Learn more. Sax on the Web Forum. A forum community dedicated to saxophone players and enthusiasts originally founded by Harri Rautiainen. Come join the discussion about collections, care, displays, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! ...This is part II of the tone production exercises I learned from Joe Allard and Victor Morosco. I’ve also added the idea of purchasing a very large tip opening mouthpiece to warm up on to teach you to use your diaphragm. However, you can do more harm than good if you use a hard reed on a very open mouthpiece and it may cause you to become ….