Pillinger soloist soprano experience

[Luke]

hi,
while looking for a good soprano mpc, i encountered Pillinger offering a soloist soprano mpc. From feedback on this forum, i understood that the owners are happy with them.
I play a soloist E on tenor and like it. is the soprano mpc chamber, baffle etc. about the same as the tenor and what kind of sound can i expect.
Any feedback is welcome
greetings
Luke

[singlereed]

Hi there, I own a Soloist from Pillinger and it was probably my thread you read. As you may know, the Soloist is a popular mouthpiece for classical playing as well as for many other uses. As a classical player, I use a C* on sop, that may be a bit closed for you. I suggest you discuss it with Ed by email or phone.

The Soloist is a completely different mouthpiece in soprano form, than it is in alto or tenor. Rather than a horseshoe shaped chamber, it has a small round chamber, that seems better suited to soprano saxes. I have compared it with a real Soloist soprano and it's chamber seems very similar to me. Mine has a low baffle as I ddn't want much edge to the sound, but you can have it made however you want. Incidentally, the Selmer Super Session is very similar except it has a slight rollover baffle and is only available in (I think) E facings and higher, but it's worth a look.

Ed uses a sythetic resin, not hard rubber, and it gives a slightly wider sound spectrum, it is a bit like a good hi-fi. So it isn't like adding 'edge' to the sound, but because the response is wide, it gives a bright sound without losing the lower frequencies.

With a hand made piece, you can specify aspects of it that are usually fixed, and you can expect to get accurately balanced rails and tip.

One downside of Ed's Soloist types is that they are very small and require a tiny ligature. Hope this helps.

[Luke]

hi singlereed,
thanks for the information.
i have got a selmer super session so i understand what you mean when you describe the inner structure of the mpc.
Did or do you have played both and how do they compare. the super session i own is a rather focussed sound (H tip) compared to the selmer S80 (D tip) that i am currently playing for classics
Luke

[HOUSTON NONET]

I use Pillinger Soloist style mouthpieces on my soprano (Mark VI) and love em. Have one in Bronzite and one hard rubber—same 55- 60 facing. I rarely play soprano but when I do always get compliments on my tone (Thanks ED). Also play Bari HR 58 (great for the price and if need volume a Runyon Custom 7 (great intonation). If classical will use my old Selmer soloist F. PS the Pillinger 6M alto mouthpiece is finest alto MPC I have played in the last 42 years. So great that I sold my NY Meyer 7M I bought at Penders Music in Denton Texas in 1969 to the great NY based multi-woodwind artist Marty Erlich who used it recently in Paris performing the Theme from the movie Taxi Driver with the Symphony.