When light hits off it, it sparkles like the stars of the Milky Way, which give this mouthpiece an unquie look. We think we’ve achieved a very rare and beautiful sound. The sound is dense and rich – it’s a really fat sound, combining a nice softness with just the right amount of edge. We’ve achieved a totally unprecedented sound and an unmatched beauty, blending 64 different metals, with titanium the dominant one, delicately balanced with our unique in-house resin.Ĭompared to normal vintage resins, Kurogane material is very powerful and gives great projection. We pushed ourselves through countless manufacturing trials.Īnd we finally got there. We mixed and matched hundreds of patterns to achieve the sound we were looking for. At Aizen we were equally demanding of ourselves. They had to find the right materials and discover the right processes to make a sword that would stand the test of combat on the battlefield.
The first generation of samurai swordsmiths in Japan worked through a process of trial and error, or so the story goes. We’re equally committed to making works of art that look just as good as they sound.
That’s how the swordsmiths put it, and we know that they’re intent on creating this sword as a thing of beauty.Īizen’s “Kurogane” series follows in the footsteps of these masters. It sparkles like the stars in the autumn sky, they say, or like the Milky Way. The blade, with steel tempered time and time again, isn’t just a masterpiece of functionality – it’s an exquisite work of art in its own right.Ĭrafted by the hand of a master swordsmith, the steel takes on a beautiful pattern. There’s not a single ounce or inch of it that doesn’t do its job. The samurai sword is designed for ultimate efficiency. There’s an old saying in Japan, handed down the ages, that a samurai’s sword is a samurai’s soul.
Always try to adapt a reed to the new mouthpiece’s features a reed that gave satisfactory results with another mouthpiece will not necessarily work with this one.Bushido – the Way of the Samurai – is right at the heart of Japan. Once the mouthpiece has been selected, the next task is choosing a reed. A better choice is one that allows total control of reed vibrations and may offer some resistance. Players should not always choose the easiest-playing mouthpiece. A bad combination of mouthpiece bore and clarinet bore or saxophone mouthpipe could spoil pitch accuracy, tone quality, and response. Any variation – no matter how minor – will produce quite different results.Ī mouthpiece varies as each musician varies: selecting the right one depends on the desired musical results, the player’s embouchure, and the instrument. The relationship between the chamber, baffle, bore, facing length and tip opening subtly affects musical and acoustical characteristics – sonority, fullness, volume, accuracy of pitch, and response. Also, a good mouthpiece can noticeably improve any instrument’s sound. Poor sound is sometimes blamed on the instrument when an improper mouthpiece is really at fault. Although seemingly simple in shape, the mouthpiece is actually quite complex and crucial to getting good results. When selecting a mouthpiece, it is necessary to take into account both the musician and the instrument. This is why it is important to offer multiple combinations. This makes the choice of a mouthpiece very personal as each musician must take into account his or her own objectives and physical characteristics (mouth muscles, oral cavity, teeth and lip shapes). Any minor variation in the size of these structures can produce quite different results! Accordingly, there is no such thing as a universal mouthpiece. There is a direct relationship between the physical characteristics of the mouthpiece (chamber, baffle, bore, facing length and tip opening) and its musical and acoustic components (sonority, roundness, volume, purity and ease of blowing). The dimensions of the various parts vary from one model to another and their combination makes it possible to obtain very different designs and produce quite different acoustic results. Not so easy to choose a mouthpiece! Although seemingly very simple in shape, this accessory is actually quite complex product, as essential for the beginner as for the professional. Selecting Your Saxophone & Clarinet Mouthpieces Features a medium 1.08mm tip opening and 22mm facing. The result is a beautifully round, colorful sound and the ideal balance between resistance and response.Īvailable in one tip opening.
Building on the success of the Henri Selmer Paris Concept and Focus mouthpieces for clarinet, the new Selmer Paris Echo features the same trapezoidal chamber for enhanced focus but matched with a slightly more open tip opening.