D'Addario Select Jazz D6M Mouthpiece for Tenor Saxophone

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The Select Jazz line is milled not moulded, from solid rod rubber, using D'Addario's precise computer-controlled mouthpiece-making technology. The result is a mouthpiece with a classic sound and response, with even intonation across the entire range of the saxophone. The inspiration for these mouthpieces was derived from the great vintage mouthpieces of the first half of the 20th century, but with modern precision milling.

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RIC-STJ-D6M

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MaterialsEbonite
Opening2.54 mm

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Crafted by D'Addario, the Select Jazz Mouthpiece has been meticulously perfected to address the needs of the most demanding players. Digitally milled and held to the tightest tolerances, each mouthpiece creates a consistent, quintessential sound that is at once vintage, unique, and yours.

D'Addario's state-of-the-art machinery and reed-making process have resulted in unprecedented consistency in today's Select Jazz reeds. Select Jazz reeds feature the thickest spine and blank of D’Addario’s jazz reeds, with a traditional tip shape. The Select Jazz cut offers great projection, focus, and a vibrant sound.

In 1926, Joseph's nephew, Frank De Michele, a clarinetist with Walt Disney studios, wrote to him complaining about the difficulty of finding good reeds in Los Angeles. Joseph began sending reeds to his nephew, who was able to quickly sell them to his fellow musicians. Soon Joseph's supplier couldn't keep up with De Michele's demand for the canes from which the reeds were cut. Having secured a reliable cane supply in the Var in France, De Michele started his own woodwind reed line, and with permission from his uncle, named it "Rico" in his honour. Soon thereafter, Frank De Michele found partners, including musician and engineer Roy J. Maier, and created a woodwind reed factory in the U.S. that bore the Rico name.

In 2004, Rico was acquired by D'Addario & Co, the world's foremost manufacturer of musical instrument accessories. At Rico, musicians are in charge of quality control, and they carefully monitor the reed-cutting machines adjusting calibration many times daily and randomly test-playing finished reeds from each of the machines. Millions of reeds—all of them—are inspected for imperfections, and only those that pass Rico's rigorous quality-control standards are finally packaged and shipped.

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D'Addario Select Jazz D6M Mouthpiece for Tenor Saxophone

D'Addario Select Jazz D6M Mouthpiece for Tenor Saxophone

The Select Jazz line is milled not moulded, from solid rod rubber, using D'Addario's precise computer-controlled mouthpiece-making technology. The result is a mouthpiece with a classic sound and response, with even intonation across the entire range of the saxophone. The inspiration for these mouthpieces was derived from the great vintage mouthpieces of the first half of the 20th century, but with modern precision milling.