$149.00 - Used but nice Hard Rubber mouthpiece from the 80's, excellent quality hard rubber. Good for legit, concert band, or orchestra work. Bob Carpenter opened this one up to about 0.078" with a 21 facing curve. Larger tip has much more volume and projection; no longer just a C*.
Other: ‘A. Lelandais Chantecler IV Custom’ Alto, (WWS reface) – 0.081″
$179.00 - Hard Rubber, in non-original facing, I had to drastically help this mouthpiece be able to play by leveling the table and refacing it myself. I knew it would be worth saving. I refaced to 0.081”,(photos are Before reface) Large round chamber-with custom bullet baffle! plays great! bold and focused. I want to help find a ligature for this one. It's a unique size. So I had to modify a soprano wrap with some cork inserts. (included)
Consider this: a vintage hard rubber mouthpiece, refaced with 3x the time needed, knowledge & inspection, and a sized ligature, ONE-OF-A-KIND MOUTHPIECE...
***AMAZINGLY FREE BLOWING, RAW POWER (bright tones) and there's only one out there!
WWS0.15.00.9281.2-2-C90
Ponzol ‘”Vintage”Rubber – C*’ Alto, (WWS reface) – 0.067″
$89.00 - Nice hard rubber design. Designed to blend the best of the Vintage & Modern tones, folks say this has [an old Otto Link or Meyer tone, without that hefty price tag.] ...although I had to finesse the factory table and facing, this one will play great. I just enhanced it to ~ 0.067". It plays clean with brighter abilities to push!. It has a medium(like a Meyer)-round chamber with rounded side walls. I expect a great blowing piece, excellent center core tone, with projection. no lig sorry.
PLAY TEST: slightly brighter abilities to cut through than expected. Still Meyer-esque, but with a bit more punch.
WWS0.00.130.1.5-C20
Other: ‘York’ Alto, 1920s/30s Rubber – 0.051″
$89.00 - Vintage hard rubber from 1920s/30s. It has a VERY LARGE Chamber, no baffle (yet) and Original Tip @ 0.051" -- Let's reface that! It will play easy. I would say it sounds typical of a stuffy, vintage tone but after Mine or Bob's work, it can cut through in the high register--still not as loud of a mpc as others. no ligature currently, ask me.
Item:WWSL19.00.5241.4-29
Other: ‘No Name’ Alto, (WWS reface) – 0.077″
$69.00 - Vandoren Look - Made of a unique hard rubber, it has a shallow beak and high chamber build, low baffle and slight rollover at the tip from my reface. It is now refaced to 0.077". The chamber is almost a standard "medium" except it has some rounded sidewalls that don't protrude too far.
Item:WWS00.2121.4-C35G
Other: ‘Custom’ Alto, (WWS reface) – 0.076″ (Archived)
SOLD - Each WWS Custom mouthpiece is hand-finished AND Play-Tested by Me! A great hard rubber mouthpiece, and they play nice with no resistance. The design is a small chamber with a very late mild roll-off baffle. Comes with a nice goldplated, metal ligature & cap.
WWS40.00.9111.3-CB10
Other: ‘No Name- White Composite’ Alto, (RAC reface)- 0.082″(Archived)
SOLD - This is a composite plastic mouthpiece--white with black bite plate cushion installed. This received metal banding repair and refacing from Bob Carpenter and now has a tip size of 0.082" with a 17mm facing. It has a medium chamber with shallow side walls like a Martin, ebolin, or tonalin. sound-wise: it has a mild tubby-ness to it, smooth like classic jazz...Until you go up high. then the 82 tip opens up to a bit brighter, cutting ability. It responses best with a +2.75 size reed. No ligature.
Item:WSS00.00.30BC
Other: ‘No Name’ Alto, (WWS reface) – 0.071″
$59.00 - Original tip was @ 0.055” (now a WWS Reface 0.071") , hard rubber, large chamber. Similar to a Conn eagle.