Hi Folks,
I would like to share my first impressions of the hard rubber Robusto. This one is a 7** tip size, played on my 1933 Conn Chu transitional tenor. This mouthpiece sounds huge! It projects a wide, loud tone. Much louder and spread than my other pieces, which consist of a Morgan Jazz 6L, a Vandoren V16 HR 6, and a current Link NY STM 7*. As mentioned before about the Robusto, it is a very versatile and dynamic mouthpiece. It can be played softly and it is very sweet. My main hr piece has been my Morgan 6L, which is such a lovely tone. The Robusto will play low like the Morgan, but you still have this vibrant energy from the Robusto, like a big cat on a leash. The Morgan has a more focused tone; the Robusto is more spread and seems to have more texture to the tone. I have tried two ligatures with the Robusto: a Rovner Dark and a Rico H. It responds well to the lig change in that it gets a bit warmer with the Rovner and still sounds great. I am still trying reeds, but so far it sounds great with my Rico and Java reeds. A fat sound with both. It is a very easy playing piece and there is no problem getting lots of energy and volume from this piece. You really do not have to push very hard, and you're there. By contrast, my Link takes more effort, and still falls short of what the Robusto puts out. Granted, it is a stock current production Link, so it may have more potential if it were worked on by a good refacer. The Vandoren V16 HR 6 is cool, I always liked it as a pretty versatile piece. but there is no comparison between it and the tone and muscular flexibility of the Robusto. A great and fun piece. I am looking forward to settling in to the Robusto. I think it's a piece that will offer a lot over time.
Cheers!
Cliff
I would like to share my first impressions of the hard rubber Robusto. This one is a 7** tip size, played on my 1933 Conn Chu transitional tenor. This mouthpiece sounds huge! It projects a wide, loud tone. Much louder and spread than my other pieces, which consist of a Morgan Jazz 6L, a Vandoren V16 HR 6, and a current Link NY STM 7*. As mentioned before about the Robusto, it is a very versatile and dynamic mouthpiece. It can be played softly and it is very sweet. My main hr piece has been my Morgan 6L, which is such a lovely tone. The Robusto will play low like the Morgan, but you still have this vibrant energy from the Robusto, like a big cat on a leash. The Morgan has a more focused tone; the Robusto is more spread and seems to have more texture to the tone. I have tried two ligatures with the Robusto: a Rovner Dark and a Rico H. It responds well to the lig change in that it gets a bit warmer with the Rovner and still sounds great. I am still trying reeds, but so far it sounds great with my Rico and Java reeds. A fat sound with both. It is a very easy playing piece and there is no problem getting lots of energy and volume from this piece. You really do not have to push very hard, and you're there. By contrast, my Link takes more effort, and still falls short of what the Robusto puts out. Granted, it is a stock current production Link, so it may have more potential if it were worked on by a good refacer. The Vandoren V16 HR 6 is cool, I always liked it as a pretty versatile piece. but there is no comparison between it and the tone and muscular flexibility of the Robusto. A great and fun piece. I am looking forward to settling in to the Robusto. I think it's a piece that will offer a lot over time.
Cheers!
Cliff