Hite Artist soprano mpc (paging Dr. G)

[Anonymous]

I seem to recall from the old forum that Dr. G was awaiting a Hite Artist soprano mpc. Dr. G, did you receive this mpc yet?

[Anonymous]

Paging the good Dr. G...

[Dr G]

Hmmm, don't know how old that post was. Sorry to not respond sooner.

Bottom line on my sop mouthpiece: It's a Jon Van Wie-refaced Bari (old model, no band) opened to .068". It is the most satisfying sop mouthpiece I've owned. Of all the mouthpieces I've gone through in the last 20 years <shudder>, this is IT. I don't even think about replacing it.

I do still have a Hite Artist in my tenor mouthpiece stable - refaced by Jon Van Wie to .110". It plays a little bright for me and has been replaced by a JVW/Morgan on my Ref 36. The other tenor player in the Santa Fe Great Big Jazz Band bought my backup JVW/Hite to replace his Dukoff and sounds great.

[Mike Ruhl]

Thanks, Doc. I had posted that a while back, while considering a Hite for soprano. I'm still diggin' my Hite tenor mpc, though. It's everything I need.

[super20dan]

hi mike r. i have a hite for sop.its pretty dark but very easy playing(like all hites) i use it for legit playing only.toodark for anything else.but i like very bright mpcs generally. i would recommend it over other mpcs like selmer s80 and metal selmer . very easy on the chops