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Cindy Jamroz
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2023
My primary instrument is bassoon but I double on clarinets and saxophones. My bari sax is a Vienna Series Allora and while the instrument is easy to play, quite a few of the notes needed embouchure adjustment to get them close to being in tune. I tried a Yamaha mouthpiece and while it was an improvement, I still needed to work some notes to get them right. I have had good luck with Vandoren mouthpieces on my clarinets so I decided to try this on my sax. Not only are most of the notes in tune with little to no embouchure adjustment, the sax seems to blow easier with a nice full, round sound. Also, I use a Rovner ligature and while it seemed a little oversized on the other mouthpieces, it fits this mouthpiece just right.
Michael Eubanks
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2023
I am a saxophonist in my mid 40s and once upon a time made my living by playing and teaching lessons. Up until about 6 months ago had only rarely played bari. I had a BL3 as my go to classical mouthpiece with a legere signature 3.5. It was a pretty good setup but I noticed my middle register on the horn sounded thin and my 4th line D sometimes wanted to play the overtone to A if I wasn't vigilant about voicing. Not a deal breaker as the setup let me play low notes staccato while playing softly. I wasn't completely satisfied though so I got a BL5 and ended up pairing it with a legere signature 2.75. Now the 4th line D is much more secure (along with middle register sounding fuller) and I can still play my low notes staccato while playing soft. Very pleased with the outcome.
JMG
Reviewed in France on May 9, 2022
J'ai hésité à le commander sans l'avoir essayé mais la qualitée est là!L'ouverture du bec est parfaite pour des anches n°4.
Valérie H
Reviewed in France on August 18, 2019
Un bec de référence que je conseille vivement
Mingze Liu
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2019
Easy to blow and control, the sound is really ‘rich’. Highly recommending!
Mistie Davies
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2019
Love it so much I've been using it for about 2 years and it just broke because I got careless and dropped so about to try super glue! Highly suggest this mouth piece over all else!
D. Gold
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2018
I purchased a BL4 about a year ago, and having been using it for concert band and quartet (which plays everything from Bach to Black Sabbath). I am impressed with the overall versatility of this mouthpiece and it was a big improvement with sound. Previously I was using a cheap Rico metalite mouthpiece (which is also a very good mouthpiece, especially for the cost, but too punchy for concert or classical music). Recently I've tried several other mouthpieces, including the vaunted Selmer S-80 C* and I have to say I like the BL4 best. Right now I am looking for a more classical sound and so have ordered a BL5 to try out as that is supposed to be more "classical". I'm looking forward to trying it out.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2017
My daughter loves the Vandoren L3 series mouth pieces. She was in need of a good mouth piece for the Bari from her school and we looked multiple places before I stumbled across Amazon who could get it to me in 2 days, which gave her plenty of time before ISSMA performance. She now has the Alto, Tenor, and Bari. I'm sure when she gets her Soprano Sax I will be making another purchase.
William
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2015
Works great - bit more closed than C* but definitely sounds much darker and helps give off a more controlled tone/
jeremy roberts
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2012
This mouthpiece has a great sound with much control. I wouldn't chose any other mouthpiece to play on. I use this model on every saxophone that I play.
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