The Standard Series are made out of high quality phenol resin (plastic) and feature a design based upon the top grade Custom series.
They are extremely consistent in specifications and playing quality, and offer excellent value for their price.
The facing of this series is slightly shorter than that of the Custom series making them easier to play, and easier for beginning students to achieve a rich characteristic saxophone sound. They also are available in a variety of sizes, to suit the needs players of many different styles.
Yamaha Custom Series saxophone mouthpieces are sculpted out of choice ebonite, a high-quality hard rubber which offers a deep resonance and tonal qualities similar to those of natural wood. Every step of the production, from the initial shaping of the mouthpiece ‘blank’ to the final hand crafting of the facing, is done by Yamaha’s experienced artisans for complete control ensuring consistent high quality.
Yamaha has spent years working together with many of the world’s greatest musicians, studying their mouthpieces and discovering ways to improve them. The Custom Series incorporates this experience in the design and manufacture of every mouthpiece in the series. The Custom Series mouthpieces are characterised by a warm rich tone with exceptional clarity. Their accurate intonation and comfortable playability have made them popular with many leading artists.
- Made of high quality phenol resin (Plastic) for standard series and ebonite for custom series
- Excellent upgrade from stock mouthpieces
- Mouthpiece only supplied
Standard Series
- Model: AS-3C
- Tip Opening(mm): 1.5
- Facing Length (mm): 23
- Characteristics: Suitable for beginners. Helps bring out distinctive, clear sound with good response in high and low registers
- Model: AS-4C
- Tip Opening(mm): 1.6
- Facing Length (mm): 23
- Characteristics: Easy to obtain a balanced, clear, and focused tone in any octave. Ideal for professionals and beginners
- Model: AS-5C
- Tip Opening(mm): 1.7
- Facing Length (mm): 23
- Characteristics: Provides a somewhat richer tone with greater variety of colors than 4C and excellent flexibility and response. Popular with soloists
- Model: AS-6C
- Tip Opening(mm): 1.8
- Facing Length (mm): 23
- Characteristics: Powerful volume and rich tonal variations. Excellent for experienced players
- Model: AS-7C
- Tip Opening(mm): 1.9
- Facing Length (mm): 23
- Characteristics: Rich, bold, powerful volume and accurate attacks. Well suited for jazz
Custom Series
- Model: AS-3CM
- Tip Opening(mm): 1.4
- Facing Length (mm): 22
- Model: AS-4CM
- Tip Opening(mm): 1.5
- Facing Length (mm): 22
- Model: AS-5CM
- Tip Opening(mm): 1.6
- Facing Length (mm): 22
- Model: AS-6CM
- Tip Opening(mm): 1.7
- Facing Length (mm): 22
- Model: AS-7CM
- Tip Opening(mm): 1.8
- Facing Length (mm): 22
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