Herbert Couf metal baritone sax mouthpiece in great condition.Serial number 1047. Rails and lay are perfect. 1) minor bite mark visible in pic.Mark is less than.002 deep. Piece is suitable for all settings.Quartets to big band. Auction is for mouthpiece only.
I am no longer low A-less. I found a replacement for the Medusa low A bari sax I sold in September, and it arrived safe & sound on Friday. What did I get you ask? Couf Superba II bari in black nickel plate, with gold-plated keys and bell. Interestingly enough, the serial # (61XXX) places its.Although I wasn’t desperate to find a low A bari, I did take a look at what my favourite local vintage sax dealers had for sale.
Quite frankly, none of what they had was interesting. Most vintage baris available are keyed to only low Bb—and I already have two fantastic low Bb horns I use all the time—but for pit work I needed a bari that goes to low A.I then cast my gaze a bit further afield, and checked out the offerings of vintage sax dealers who I have either bought from in the past when I lived in the Maritimes, or who I have corresponded with over the years.
And there the horn was: listed in the inventory of.Although I had never bought a sax from Paul Maslin before, he and I had corresponded before on numerous occasions. I emailed him to find out if the sax shown on his website was still available. I was sure it would have been sold, since it was such a unique horn. Couf Superba II bari #61XXX. First snapshot at my friend’s place. Note the dog photo in the background: He was the sire to 2 of the borzoi that I had.When Paul informed me that the horn in fact was still in his shop, I was really surprised, and quite elated.
Then of course came the million.Paul was kind enough to send me a sound sample using a Berg Larsen MP. The sound was what I was looking for.
(Of course, after my experience with the Medusa, nothing has made it clearer to me that my sound may, and likely would, vary greatly.)That said, I was convinced enough of the horn’s potential to take the great chance to do something that I have only done a few times before: Order a horn without being able to play-test it before buying it.To complicate matters of course, I live in Canada, and the horn was in the US. Besides the exchange rate, there were the logistics with shipping to consider.Since I only 15 blocks from the US/Canada border, I opted to have the Couf bari sent to my friends who live about an hour south of me in Washington State.
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This greatly reduced the shipping costs, and also allowed me to be the one to bring the instrument into Canada, thus eliminating the customs brokerage fees.Yesterday all I paid was the 12% tax upon entering Canada, as the Herb Couf Superba II bari became a Canadian. Tonight it gets to come with me to its first rehearsal of the big band I play in. I certainly won’t be doing the horn justice yet tonight, since I won’t have the best MP and reeds for the horn ID’d by then Oh, and I keep accidentally opening the chromatic F# key against my pants because it has no key guard.On Friday the Couf goes to my tech for the first time, to get some minor leaks and stuff taken care of. Yes, it survived the trip amazingly well. More on that another day, but suffice to say, the Bam Hightech bari case I bought for it really helped it make the trip unscathed, as did Paul’s exceptional packing job.© 2018,. All rights reserved.
You haven’t played a Couf. It takes nearly as much supported air as my bass. I am a bari & bass player, and it took me nearly 2 weeks to get my diaphragm strong enough to support the air enough on the Couf to be able to be 99% sure I wouldn’t crack a low Bb or A at a subtone.Seriously though, first up, are you using a neck strap or harness to march? Get a harness.
A strap will kill your neck down the road. There are lots of us out here who didn’t have that option when we played, b/c harnesses weren’t used for saxophones back when dinosaurs walked the earth. (Read the 80s and earlier.)As far as air goes, I don’t know how you are or aren’t supporting your breathing, but bari is where non-supported breathing becomes really obvious in saxophone players. When I work with bari players, breathing is one of the key issues I always work with them on.I have that might be of help to you Jayden. The that engages your diaphragm. The next focuses on “going over the break”—from C2 to D2. That’s where unsupported breathing becomes obvious in bari players.
Tongue the G at the start of the pattern and slur the rest. Once you can do that, repeat the pattern without tonguing the repeated G’s.The also focuses on going over the break. And lastly, nothing would be complete without. Now, now, don’t roll your eyes. It will only take you 5 minutes to complete, but if you do this everyday, it will will make a HUGE difference to your tone, intonation, and yes, air support (if used in combination with the supported breathing you learned in the previous exercises).
Regardless of how many years you have played, or continue to play, the playing exercises I linked to above are always good ones. I use them them all the time, and have for nearly 20 years.Originally I was introduced to them by a saxophone teacher in Fredericton.
I’m not sure where Hans got them from, but he had used them for years before that, and had his students do them.If you do them properly, and regularly, I can guarantee you that your tone, intonation, and finger dexterity will improve and/or be maintained.Oh, about those long tones: If you play tenor and bari, or 2 baris, do them on both. I do this long tone exercise on EVERY horn I have (SATBB), because each voice of horn is different, and each horn of each voice is different.E.G. In order to play my King Zephyr 100% in tune, I have to use slightly different facial muscles than I would to play my Selmer Mark VI in tune. Eventually your muscle memory kicks in, and when you pick up a certain horn, you automatically make the correct facial adjustments to get the tuning 100% dead on. Late to the party, but I would REALLY recommend you learn to play low brass of some sort to march. Marching bari sax is something I did for 2 years before switching to Tuba.
The horns really aren’t all that useful to the sound of the band, the potential health issues.and I’m 6’4″ and built like a linebacker. due to hanging it from your neck, and the risk to the instrument if you fall is just not worth the hassle.If you must march the bari, march the one that is in worse condition so you maintain at least one good one for concert/jazz bands. Yes, the JK MPs were made by Zinner—as were the H. Unfortunately this horn did not have its original MP with it. (Or never came with one.)I have a modern Zinner, but it came with my Medusa, and is one of their classical pieces IIRC.
I tried it on the Couf, but it didn’t do any better than the others. I’ll have to check out the Zinner website and see what their current offerings are. I’ll also keep my eyes open for a vintage H. Couf bari piece on eBay. I don’t imagine that a vintage JK bari piece will appear on the auction site, but hey, you never know.
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We make a point of pursuing the most rare and hard to findmouthpieces.so, if we seem to have a lot of hard to find models, it'snot because they aren't rare models. It'snot because they aren't rare. It's because we try hard to stock them. Since no one can know if a mouthpiece is right foryou untilyou play it, thesecan be orderedand given athree day trial,shipped to you, andreturned. If you aren't happy with them (except e-baysales, as auctions are final.) and a small shipping charge is all yourisk.Iget a lot of questions about my old friend Bob Carpenter.Bobgot a lot of mouthpiece refacers started, such as Theo Wanne, who in turn gotothers started later.but no one does nicer work thanBob.
And Bob taught and mentored Chadd in the expert craft of MouthpieceRepair & Refacing. Check out 'Bob'sPage' to know more: You can see some of Bob's signature' RAC' on various mouthpieces here.aka: they play great andare worth more since Bob touched themAprofessionally refaced mouthpiece will almost alwaysplay better than a factory facing. Has yourmouthpiece been inspected for a proper curve and seal?YES? NO?ALLmouthpieces need to be handcrafted to be up to WWS Standards - Vintage orFactory New.MCGregory 'GALE Companion 4M' baritone mouthpiece:Onarrival, this looks to be a 100% Originaltip at 0.079',sadly, the chip in the tip will require us to save it - we all know this istotally worth saving. Bob Carpenter and I will tag-team this one to ensurethat it meets both of our standards. It also arrived with a few nicks on arail-we will treat this mouthpiece with extreme care and preservation; wewill fix all necessary items. ESTIMATEDTIP, after repair: 0.085'.Consider that the Hollywood models now demand $900-1500+, and these arecredited with being nearly identical with a medium chamber.Gerry Mulligan played on one, a 5M.
And we're forced to raise our 4M size, to 5M, if you catch my drift.$$$See new website Item: WWS 1.2E8.5E0.1041.6-0CBC-60BergLarsen 95-1-M( offset ), 1940s, very vintage Tenor:vertical denim machine marks,with the brass lig and cap (1 missing screw at this time), and long shankdates it to the late 1940s, stainlesssteel. Huge tone and big tip.
The tip isnear Originaltip = 0.087'.There is evidence of the tip taking a knock on the edges that is worthmentioning, and you can verify in the photos that the seal is safe.SOLDItem:WWS00.0W0.10191.6-C10Brilhart Tonalin4. alto:1968-69 no serial #.I happen to know a little history from this mouthpiece's journey to beable to date it. Although no serial #, I happen to know what horn thefellow was playing. If I link these two eras, they both line up withabout 1968-9.I will have Bob C fill in the tooth pad, andinspect the tip.
The tip arrived in nice condition but the table hassome bumps from in the case. We'll make this play great!ImprovedTip at: 0.073'.SOUND:blows easy! Plays a little brighter/cutting than I expected from aTonalin.$$$See new website Item:WW S00.0S0.10171.6-C.B30'WoodwindCo' hard rubberalto (J5):Terrific material and good classic design. Larger chamber makes for a bigvintage sound.
Reminds me of a slant signature sound but a but more'round'/less focus with the WWS Refaced tip at 078'.I have to say, I did my very best to copy my personal Woodwind Co. Thisone plays darker than my personal favorite, but just as free blowing.$$$See new website Item:WWS0.1.6-C60WoodwindCo. New York, Steel Ebonite B5. baritone:HARDRUBBER, LARGE chamber. Original tip was 089, Soonto be back from Bob C. For a Tip reface to 0.102-105'.
Thetip will be great, as usual. Also, the gold script was enhanced forclarity also.$$$See new website Item: WWS.6-B40?SoundFile:SelmerS80 ( C.), 1973, tenor:originallypaired with a late Mark VI from 1973, this early vintage of the S80 was one ofthe first examples. Hard rubber mouthpiece. Originaltipmeasures 0.067'.These varied from the other models in the chamber.
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It is a square chamber. Comes with a vintage, used brassligature and Selmer brass cap.$$$See new websiteItem#:WWS0.00.10121.6-0Buescher TrueTone USA(light font), long shank pickle: refacedtip @0.077'$$$See new websiteItem: WWSL.4-8Conn'Standard STEELAY' #5 Baritone:agreat large chamber, hard rubber mouthpiece from the golden era. It arrived with anear Original tip at0.084'.
Let's talk about making aReface happen to your liking!There is a very small nick in the tip rail that I'd like to help 'enhance'before this leaves. Simply remind me to inspect this.$$$See new website Item:WWS8E5.2291.6-C0Vintage Brilhart Level-Air 5.This is a verynice, free blowing mpc - tooth pad repaired in the past, and has twonewer tooth marks on the top that I could easily cover up with a clear pad(remind me). It blowsa big soundwith heavy mid tones for a metal, cliff baffle. Later vintage series withup and down machining on the table.
This is the more desirable 5.hardto find,original tip measures0.081'. It blows really nice and free. Comes with original cap and ligature!(please ask me to get these top-view pics uploaded)$$$See new website Item:WWS1.1-BC28.R1.1W0.6241.6SoundFile:MCGregory 'Master' by Gregory Hollywood, 4A 16M, alto:Anothergreat mouthpiece. It reminds me a lot of the Model A design-shallow beak.the Script is in excellent condition too! But these have a medium, roundchamber-no side walls.Originaltipmeasures 0.064'. Irecommend our WWS professional work on the tip seal to help thismouthpiece respond best.$$$See new website Item: WWSL1.3S2.14.5241.6-02C10Yanagisawa#9, silver metal Alto:silverplated brass,with a nice #9 (!!!) arrived with originaltip at 0.097'. ARover ligature, on arrival, original metal cap with a few dings.
These are well-loved and have a nice clean tone. Good for manygenres.$$$See new websiteItem:WWS3S7.34.441.6-014vintageBrilhart TONALITE, 'Great Neck NY' #3 tenor:vintageclearplastic mouthpiece; 4-digit serial number 5958! The originaltip for #3 is at 0.072'.side-walled chamber. SOUND: a true Brilhart-tonalin-ebolin sound, + Great NeckNY = clean, simple, warm, the NY adds a little cut. Comes with a vintage,silver ligature ($40). There is an unfortunate crack on this one, up theshank onto the inside of the table.
A banding repair is highly recommended forplaying uses.SOUNDFILE.I did make one!SOLDItem: WWSL0S0.00.3231.6-C0-02Vintage Brilhart Level-Air8 Tenor:This1980 mpc is anice free blowing mpc with an WWS enhanced tip measuring0.104'. It blows a big soundwith heavy mid tones for a metal, cliff-style baffle. Minor refacing-curvework done here at WWS that surely improved this piece (table had to beflattened to the reed seal, and the curve restarted/reset, also the tip edgefine-tuned.WITHORIGINAL: Lig, Cap, & BOX!$SOLDItem#:WWS00.0E0.3301.6-0C20BergLarsen 100-3-M(offset) Duck Bill, hard rubber Tenor:asuperb mouthpiece. It reminds me of my frequent flyer. Good material, and a nearoriginaltip, had slight enhancements done here at WWS, is at 0.095', table markings were worked off prior to WWS (but trust the Offset M forthe era).
Bullet chamber is there, does show very mild evidence of workdone(nothing to fear). We also inspected the minor wear to the rail to ensurethe seal is still free-and-clear.
I've marked the price down $50 for these. Ifound a vintage Berg ligature to pair with it too!SOUND:It's big, robust, yet clear, the #3 baffle helps leave some warmth in thisrobust core tone.$$$See new websiteItem: WWSL0S0.00.3231.6-C15-03DukoffD6 Nickel plated/silverite?!
ALTO/ C-Melody:INBETWEEN ALTO AND TENORHere is a surprise mouthpiece! (I can learn something new every day!) greatThis mouthpiece with a tip at 0.074' and a bum reed facing. It will neededrefacing help. So I had Bob Carpenter look into it. He filled the toothpad. After he returned it (also with confusion!), I did some seriousimprovements to the facing - aWWS Reface- and it now currently sits at 0.071'.This is a very tricky mouthpiece. Here is my best guess: A prototype Alto, ora C-melody test!Why might I guess it is a C-Melody?Measurements:1)body length that does not match Alto or Tenor.2)Shank that does not go onto a tenor.3)Reed window matches vintage C-melody mouthpieces4)Reed plate is long for an alto, and short for a tenor (the reed hangs over theedge)$$$See new website Item:WWSL4W0.1271.6-0C60B30. RunyonTeeth & Mouthpiece Savers?Yes, available with mouthpiece/sax purchase.
Packs of two areavailable for $4.00. Wow, prices went up! But these are Runyon mouthpiecesavers.
Both the same or mix and match.BLACK: thick cushion. More like foam. Sharp teeth may cut through.CLEAR: thin with simple cushion.
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