Dear All,

It has been awhile I've kept up with group but a question has come
to mind about a particular mouthpiece.  It's the Rico Royal Grafto-
nite that from what I've read, may be more sturdier than hard 
rubber.  The main feature, as I'm sure you know, is the price that
can be under $20.00.

Would anyone care to share their opnions about this mouthpiece?
Played it, the B5 model for bari sax and to be honest, I'm impres-
sed.  Impressed enough to order the B7 I feel may suit my needs
being the most open.  Thanks.

Sincerely,
Harry E. Cartwright    

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The alto, tenor, and bari pieces were OK, but the soprano's had too large a chamber.  I don't know what soprano it was designed to work with, but it had intonation problems on all of the sopranos I tried it on.
 
Paul

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--- On Thu, 11/27/08, John Delia <bzalto@...> wrote:

From: John Delia <bzalto@...>
Subject: Re: [MouthpieceWork] Rico Royal Graftonite Mouthpieces
To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 5:40 AM






I visited Arnold when he was giving away the prototypes and he had me throw one on the ground.  It didn't break or chip.  The nice feature of his pieces is the side rail design, enabling one to change the facing with less effort.  He gave me a couple of bari and soprano pieces which were very good.  I like closer facings myself, but only you can determine what is best for you.  John


On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:36 AM, cartsation <cartsation@yahoo. com> wrote:






Dear All,

It has been awhile I've kept up with group but a question has come
to mind about a particular mouthpiece. It's the Rico Royal Grafto-
nite that from what I've read, may be more sturdier than hard 
rubber. The main feature, as I'm sure you know, is the price that
can be under $20.00.

Would anyone care to share their opnions about this mouthpiece?
Played it, the B5 model for bari sax and to be honest, I'm impres-
sed. Impressed enough to order the B7 I feel may suit my needs
being the most open. Thanks.

Sincerely,
Harry E. Cartwright 


 














      

I recently tried a Graftonite clarinet mouthpiece and was shocked at how well it played.  The design of the baffle and chamber is quite radical, yet it sounded very conventional!  My soprano sax came with one and it is OK, but I use something else as a rule.  I really dislike the rough surface those mouthpieces have.  To me, they are unplayable without a mouthpiece patch.  I know someone who grinds Grafrtonite tenor mouthpieces down smooth, also reducing their mass some.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

--- On Thu, 11/27/08, cartsation <cartsation@...> wrote:

From: cartsation <cartsation@...>
Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Rico Royal Graftonite Mouthpieces
To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 3:36 AM

Dear All,

It has been awhile I've kept up with group but a question has come
to mind about a particular mouthpiece.  It's the Rico Royal Grafto-
nite that from what I've read, may be more sturdier than hard 
rubber.  The main feature, as I'm sure you know, is the price that
can be under $20.00.

Would anyone care to share their opnions about this mouthpiece?
Played it, the B5 model for bari sax and to be honest, I'm impres-
sed.  Impressed enough to order the B7 I feel may suit my needs
being the most open.  Thanks.

Sincerely,
Harry E. Cartwright    


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