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Today, 03:09 PM

BarrySachs replied to a thread [For Sale] FS: Tenor mouthpieces. Sakshama, Lelandais, Jody Jazz, Sumner, Hite, Potter. in Saxophone Mouthpieces

Please PM me a photo of the Lelandais. There where several different types made by Lelandais.

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Today, 01:21 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Practicing Two Fives in Practicing

I was just about to post that. Thanks! If you don't have it yet check out Book 2 which has even more links to use. I'm pretty proud of that...

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07-20-2017, 02:10 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Phil-Tone JZ mini review in Tenor mpc

These are great pieces! I suggested one to a Skype student and he immediately started talking about wanting something better and asking about more...

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07-19-2017, 09:55 PM

BarrySachs replied to a thread Guy Hawkins mouthpiece by Otto Link Inc? in Tenor mpc

Ah yes, these are some questions I've had myself. Actually, I've owned a Guy Hawkins metal tenor mouthpiece for many years, but I rarely play it....

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07-19-2017, 12:38 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Reference 54 alto market in Selmer (Paris)

That's what I was wondering? I have an early neck and love the sound but with this neck I get a gurgle on low B and C. I tried the later neck...

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07-19-2017, 02:47 AM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Reference 54 alto market in Selmer (Paris)

Now I'm confused, I never heard of the thick walled neck...........

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07-18-2017, 11:13 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Reference 54 Alto Recordings. Care to share? in Selmer (Paris)

All my alto mouthpiece clips on my site are with a Selmer Reference 54 alto. Steve

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07-18-2017, 12:39 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Understanding Harmony when Soloing in Training Material

Why not with "Patterns for Jazz"? I just ask because that is the book I started with in 9th grade. That's how I learned all my chords...........

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07-15-2017, 03:12 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread How to Move While Playing Tenor so it looks good on camera...ideas? in Miscellaneous

Also, my avatar picture is my classic Steve Neff signature move of holding an altissimo note while lifting the sax high. Crowds love that.......

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07-15-2017, 02:57 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread How to Move While Playing Tenor so it looks good on camera...ideas? in Miscellaneous

Here's a video my repair man did for this exact thing. He's a great player so I would take these moves seriously! I do a combination of these for...

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07-15-2017, 02:51 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Pulled my bottom lip out- better tone, lost control of intonation in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

You have to get used to using the muscles around the lips. If you put a pen in your mouthpiece while holding your embouchure try to hold the pen so...

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07-14-2017, 01:57 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread What are the better sounding tenor mpcs in Steve Neff site? in Polls and Surveys

No, I'm looking for one with that same baffle profile. I tried the other ones and I didn't like them as much as that one I reviewed.

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07-14-2017, 01:49 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Playing Blues for John by Ralph Moore on two Link objects! in Sax vs. Sax, Mpc vs. Mpc, etc.

Sounds great. The link is definitely brighter but it's a hard call which I like better. It depends if you like that brighter sound or darker. The...

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07-14-2017, 01:41 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Embouchure Problems from Hell in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

That student could get the mouthpiece into pitch by blowing super hard. When I say super hard I am saying it was super hard for them but the normal...

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07-14-2017, 02:38 AM

Nefertiti replied to a thread What are the better sounding tenor mpcs in Steve Neff site? in Polls and Surveys

I was thinking of redoing those reviews. They were some of the first on the site and are like a paragraph long if that. I'm curious how they would...

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07-14-2017, 02:36 AM

Nefertiti replied to a thread What are the better sounding tenor mpcs in Steve Neff site? in Polls and Surveys

I miss that piece, that was something special. I sold it to someone and asked them to please sell it back to me first if they ever decided to sell...

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07-14-2017, 02:26 AM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Embouchure Problems from Hell in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

The pressure should be around the same as holding that pen in your mouth in your embouchure. Are you saying Eb concert or Eb the pitch on the...

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07-13-2017, 06:05 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Embouchure Problems from Hell in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

Did you try it yet? I gave you a bunch of suggestions in my post earlier. The first one is blow harder and faster. Does the pitch go up or...

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07-13-2017, 05:10 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread What was Jon Van Wie doing on this Meyer alto piece? in Mouthpiece Maintenance, Modification & Refacing

I think I read somewhere that JVW didn't sign his pieces in general because many times Ackerman would mess with them afterwards and he didn't want...

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07-13-2017, 04:20 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Two Hard Rubber Tenor Mpcs F/S in Saxophone Mouthpieces

Is the Soloist modern or vintage? Long shank or short shank?

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07-13-2017, 04:18 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Embouchure Problems from Hell in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

I'm not saying the standard embouchure is wrong at all. I just gave an example of a rolled out embouchure. Brecker had a slightly rolled out...

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07-13-2017, 04:14 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Embouchure Problems from Hell in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

I'm not talking about advanced concepts here. The mouthpiece test is what I do with a 4th grader if they are playing really flat. 9 times out of 10...

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07-13-2017, 03:57 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Embouchure Problems from Hell in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

You have to get your pitch up on the mouthpiece. When I blow in my mouthpiece I get a G# when I just tested it. That puts me in tune on my tenor. ...

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07-13-2017, 02:54 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Meeting Emilio Friday Morning in Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification

It's got nothing to do with moisture. They just seemed like thick puffy pads to me. I was a young kid in college so maybe it was just my impression...

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07-13-2017, 02:51 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Embouchure Problems from Hell in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

I always point people to this Dexter video for the example of lip rolled out. This is more extreme than what I do but you can't argue with the...

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07-13-2017, 02:48 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Embouchure Problems from Hell in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

The other thing with the mouthpiece pitch experiment I talked about is that your air could be fine as far as speed but you are doing something unique...

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07-13-2017, 01:53 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Embouchure Problems from Hell in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

To me it sounds like your airstream is not fast enough. That is one of the main reasons someone would be flat even at the end of the cork. How long...

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07-13-2017, 01:32 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Meeting Emilio Friday Morning in Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification

I remember one time I went to Rayburn's to try out different ligature's on a new Sugal Super Gonz II I had just bought. The piece was really bright...

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07-13-2017, 01:13 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Neck Problems!!! in Misc. Saxophone Discussion

Jazzlab Saxholder did it for me. http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/2012/11/jazzlab-saxholder-neckstrap-review/ I was in rough shape. Pinched nerve in...

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07-12-2017, 12:32 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Anybody playing the Retro revival tenor mouthpieces? in Tenor mpc

Hmmmmm...........I just Joel a message. He offered to sen me some earlier to review but I had too many pieces sitting on my desk at the time.......

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07-12-2017, 03:23 AM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Anybody playing the Retro revival tenor mouthpieces? in Tenor mpc

Is the gold the darker version or the brighter? I keep forgetting......

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07-11-2017, 01:43 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Will I always sound this way, or do long tones make that much of a difference? in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

Don't take this the wrong way but I think you are over thinking this whole thing. Forget the whole "long tone exercise" thing. People approach it...

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07-11-2017, 01:16 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Will I always sound this way, or do long tones make that much of a difference? in Embouchure & Tone Producing Basics

I don't know any that are out of tune but there are definitely players that I don't like their tone. I thought about it the other day as I tried a...

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07-11-2017, 01:09 PM

Nefertiti replied to a thread Is Zagar out of business? in Tenor mpc

Same experience here. I tried both cool school and hot school and was underwhelmed by both. I couldn't get any power out of them at all.........

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07-07-2017, 04:18 PM

SAXISMYAXE replied to a thread Viking Musical Instruments LLC is officially closed.. in Viking

Terrible news in every respect. I've heard nothing but great things about the Viking brand, and am blindsided that the business has closed. Hope the...

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