I have a lot of students asking me what mouthpieces they recommend when they are ready to take their playing to the next step! The benefits of upgrading our mouthpiece are tremendous. With a new higher quality mouthpiece, a student will instantly progress in their tone quality, intonation, articulations, and much more. A student model instrument usually comes with an entry level mouthpiece, which is satisfactory for maybe the first year of playing, but beyond that, a begin

Have you ever noticed that your reeds don't play the same when the weather changes? Here in southern California it is about to rain and I can definitely feel how the weather effects my reeds! The extra humidity in the air can make your reeds play stuffy and weak. The tips of reeds become wavy and brittle and don't create a good seal on the tip of the mouthpiece. Don't throw away those water-logged reeds though, they should bounce back just fine after the weather gets nice