D'Addario Rico Graftonite Alto Sax Mouthpiece, A7

I love this mouthpiece.Its very comfortable to play and produces a wonderful sound and the mouthpiece is very affordable.

If you are a beginner, intermediate or pro? This mouthpiece plays all the notes. I use 3 Grifiti Band Joes 1.25 Inch Silicone Rubber Bands as the ligature, side by side and on the back end of the mouthpiece and a 1 1/2 Vandoren ZZ on a $200 Glory horn. Easy blowing for a pro who has to play long sets and needs a break from your big chamber mouthpiece. For beginners and intermediates, the config lets you not spend time trying to get notes out of cheap mouthpieces that really just won't ever sound good no matter what. It's up there with my Vandoren AL4 mouthpiece.

Mouth piece is ok….

This thing plays beautifully. It is easy to control and produces sound with little effort when I paired it with my Rico Royal 2 reeds. I'm no sax-expert but, this makes practice a lot easier (easier to play than my Selmer & Rico MP's) for me - beginner.

It is not good for beginners nor professionals. It's hard to play and hard to keep in tune. It makes you think it's you that sounds bad or the instrument, but if you're playing on a $3,200 USD instrument in perfect condition, it can't be the instrument. I would not recommend wasting time and money on this mouthpiece.

this is okay, sounds bright and loud

This is our fourth Alto sax mouthpiece / third Rico mouthpiece, as they tend to get chipped over time. My son says that he really likes this one over the other Rico alto mouthpieces we have purchased before. Hope this helps you out.

Excelente

Like: Love the tone, emphasized 2000 Hz spectrum make it sound clear and cutting. A and B mouthpieces have more 500 and 1000 Hz spectrum ehancement which sounds more honky and not really my taste Dislike: The facing length is too less, thus your bite lies close to the tip - can't take most of the mouthpiece in. But perhaps that makes it easier to blow and produce sound

Me vino la boquilla Rico Graftonite A7 defectuosa, no funcionaba correctamente, preferí comprar la Yamaha 4C y sin ningún problema. Además cuando compre la boquilla A7 de Rico estaba a 34 euros y la rebajaron a 22, preferí gastar más e ir a por algo seguro y con mejor control de calidad.

Rico Graftonite mouthpieces are quite well regarded, despite being really cheap (do some googling), and I've found them to be very good. I have soprano and alto Graftonites, and I like the wider opening ones better. The A7 has quite a wide opening, but that makes it more interesting to play, and I find I can get the low notes more easily than with a narrower opening. It plays well with a Fibracell 2 or 2.5 reed. The 2.5 reed reaches the palm key notes more easily than the 2. A wide opening needs a fairly soft reed, so you probably wouldn't want more than about a number 3 reed. The other ones to consider are the Rico Metallites, which are also supposed to be good. I haven't tried those because they're supposed to be quite loud, and I need to be able to practice fairly quietly. I've found I can play surprisingly softly with the A7 Graftonite, but plenty loud enough when I want to. My other main alto mouthpiece is a Yamaha 4CM, which is a lot more expensive. I prefer this one. The 4CM has a much narrower opening, which arguably makes it easier to play in tune, and can take a harder reed, but it's harder to play low, and much harder to bend notes or do scoops with.

Just started playing alto sax it has help me with better sound. For the price I paid it was good for me

... comprato in offerta per 20€ dopo, aver acquistato un sax ammoon, per verificare la differenza di suono con i vari boccagli. Il boccaglio suona molto caldo ma ha bisogno di più spinta dell'aria per suonare. Come neofita del sax non posso dare un giudizio preciso ma il suono è diverso dal boccaglio originale del sax e un pò più caldo, piacevole! Suona bene anche con ance più dure ... molto soddisfatto Ho acquistato allo stesso prezzo anche l' A5 che risulta più facile e più piacevole da suonare. Il mio giudizio sul suono ovviamente è da neofita quindi solo relativo al gusto personale senza la capacità di commentare tecnicamente il suono però l' A5 è quello che preferisco ...