"Artist Saxophone Mouthpiece Setup, Mouthpiece Data, Reed

Chart"
Artist - Name Soprano Alto Tenor Baritone
Gregory 4 or 5, New York
Cannonball Meyer 5, Rico 2 or LaVoz
Adderley Medium Reeds - King Super
20 alto
Gerald Albright Dukoff D7 Metal Beechler 7 Dukoff 7
Selmer D, Rico or Metal Beechler 6, LaVoz or
Justo Almario Metal Otto Link 8, Rico Reeds
Hemke Reeds Hemke Reeds
Harold Ashby Otto Link
Gabe Baltazar Lakey 4*3 or Beechler S8S
Metal Berg Larsen - Selmer Mk
Gato Barbieri
VI
Gary Bartz Vandoren A45
Metal Francios Louis, Rico
Bob Berg Metal Selmer G Select or Medium LaVoz Reeds
- Selmer MkVI
Super Gonz 1, Copper or
Jerry Bergonzi Grenadilla (.110 tip), Rico
Reeds
Selmer C*, Vandoren Beechler 6, Vandoren #3
Jay Beckenstein
#3 reeds Reeds
Tim Berne Rubber Berg Larsen 95/2,
 Vandoren Reeds
Jane Ira Bloom Metal Selmer D
Hamiet Bluiett RIA Medium / Lawton
Metal Berg Larsen 95/1,
Arthur Blythe
LaVoz Reeds
Meyer #7, Vandoren Lawton Metal 7, Vandoren #4
Don Braden
#3 Reeds Reeds - Keilwerth SX-90R
Lawton 6
LaVoz
Mike Brignola
Medium Hard
Reeds
Nick Brignola Runyon 7 Runyon Bionix 8* Runyon Bionix 8* Lawton 8*BB
Guardala Brecker Model,
Michael Brecker Guardala 8 LaVoz Reeds - Selmer MkVI
Tenor
Nick Brignola Runyon
Metal Otto Link Florida Super
Don Byas
Tone Master 3*, Rico 3 Reeds
Ace Cannon Rubber Berg Larson 80/1 Rubber Berg Larson 90/1
Benny Carter Arnold Brilhart Ebolin
Lawton Metal 7*BB, Rico
James Carter
Plasticover Reeds
Metal Berg Larsen 130/0, Rico
Pete Christlieb Plasticover #2 Reeds - Selmer
MkVI Tenor
Clarence Clemons Dukoff D9, D11
 Rico Plasticover
Otto Link (9?)
Arnett Cobb
Rico Royal 3
Mark Colby Selmer H Hard Rubber Otto Link 8
George Coleman Vandoren A25 Meyer 5 Otto Link 7*
Vandoren A55 - Vandoren
Steve Coleman
Java 3 Reeds
Metal Otto Link 5 star - Rico #4
John Coltrane Metal Selmer E
Reeds
Jay Corre Berg Larsen 110
Barret Stock 5, LaVoz
Hank Crawford
Medium Reeds
Ronnie Cuber Otto Link 8*
Metal Otto Link 7* - Selmer
Eddie Daniels
MkVI Tenor
Jay Davidson Dukoff Guardala Guardala MB Berg Larsen
Gregory 4A-18M Rico 3 1/2
Paul Desmond Reeds - Selmer Super
Balanced Action #43,xxx
Dennis Diblasio Lawton 8*B Lawton 7*B
Lou Donaldson Meyer 5, Rico 2 Reeds
Metal Selmer F, Rico 3
Paquito D'Rivera Otto Link 6
Reeds
Saxworks, Rico Jazz Select
Candy Dulfer
Medium filed Reeds
Malcolm "Molly" Otto Link NY 7, Rico Jazz
Duncan (Average Select 3 or Vandoren Java 3
White Band) Reeds - Selmer Mk V1 (1957)
Strathon 8*, Saxtech reeds, LA
Richard Elliott
Sax
Guardala Studio Model,
Bill Evans Vandoren Reeds - Selmer
MkVI Tenor
Herschel Evans Otto Link "Master Link"
Lawrence Otto Link 7 - Selmer MkVI
Selmer D NY Meyer 6 w/wedge
Feldman Tenor
Metal Beechler 8, Hard Metal Florida Otto Link #7 -
Brandon Fields Selmer E
Rubber Berg Larsen 90/2 Selmer MkVI Tenor
Med Flory Brilhart 5*
Frank Foster Yanagisawa 5 Lawton 10*B
RPC 95F, Vandoren Java 2
Gary Foster Lawton 10*B
1/2, Yamaha
Selmer F Vandoren 3 Selmer E Hemke 3 Reeds -
Kenny Garrett
Reeds Selmer MkVI
Stan Getz Otto Link 8*
Dexter Gordon Metal Selmer C* Various Otto Links
Dukoff metal D8, Beechler hard rubber S5S,
Kenny Gorlick RIA metal 5, Hemke #3 Reeds
Hemke #2 1/2 Reeds Hemke #3 Reeds
Metal Otto Link (.150 tip)
Johnny Griffin
LaVoz Medium Soft Reeds
Jimmy Giuffre Metal Berg Larsen 130/0
Scott Hamilton Otto Link Super Tone Master,
 refaced to 12 - Selmer Super
Balanced Action
Craig Handy Vandoren S25 Berg Larsen 105/1
Selmer S-80 C*, Vandoren
Selmer Soloist B, Selmer Solist B or S-80 C*,
John Harle #3 Reeds, Meyer 5M, Rico
Vandoren #3 Reeds Vandoren #3 Reeds
Royal #3 Reeds
Coleman Hawkins Metal Otto Link
Selmer D, Marca Hard Rubber Ron Coelho 105,
Jimmy Heath
Reeds Vandoren Reeds
Semer Soloist D (Short Shank
Joe Henderson refaced to H or I?), LaVoz
Medium Soft Reeds
NY Meyer 5M Alexander
Vincent Herring Superial 3 1/2 Reeds Gold
Plated Yanagisawa 991
Willis "Gator Otto Link 12*, Rico Plasticover
Tail" Jackson 4 Reeds
Berg Larsen .160/2, Rico
Plas Johnson
Plasticover 2 Reeds
Metal ARB #7, LaVoz
John Klemmer Yanagisawa #7 Metal Brilhart Level-Air #5
Medium Hard Reeds
Dave Koz Couf 8 Metal Beechler 7 Hard Rubber Berg Larsen
Steve Lacey Otto Link 12
Oliver Lake Selmer RIA 7
Don Lamphere Couf 7* Couf 5* Couf 8*
Dave Liebman Sugal Freddy Gregory
 Ebony Francois Louis 10*
Superial "DC" 3.5 & 4 and
Joe Lovano Otto Link 9* "Classique Reeds, Selmer
Super Balanced Action, silver
plated
Selmer S-80 C**
Rousseau Selmer S-80D
Joe Lulloff Selmer S-80 C* Meyer 5M
Otto Link Berg Larsen
Beechler 7
Metal Otto Link 8* - Selmer
Bob Malach
MkVI Tenor
Berg Larsen 110/2,
Metal Beechler 8,
Eric Marienthal Metal Beechler 7 Vandoren 3 Reeds - Selmer
Vandoren 3 Reeds
MkVI Tenor
Branford Marsalis Guardala -
Branford Marsalis Bari
Selmer MkVI Tenor
Peter Ponzol Classic
Mel Martin #70 - Vandoren blue Peter Ponzol Custom #85 Peter Ponzol Custom #110
box reeds
Jackie McLean Berg Larsen - Bari Reed
Charles
Meyer 5 Arbex 7*
McPherson
Hard Rubber Freddy Gregory -
Bob Mintzer Berg Larsen 95/0
Selmer MkVI Tenor
RPC 150M, Rico Jazz Select 2H
James Moody
Baritone sax reeds
Lanny Morgan Selmer F w/Oleg ligature
Gerry Mulligan Gale 5
 Hard Rubber
Tommy Newsom Selmer S 80 Leonard Gullota 5* Brilhart 5*
Otto Link 6
Otto Link 8 - Selmer MkVI
Dick Oatts Wolf Tane 7 Berg Larsen 90/2
Tenor
Scott Page Hard Rubber Otto Link
James Oppenhiem Guardala King/R&B,
(Boney James) Vandoren V16 3 1/2 reeds
Charlie Parker Brilhart 5
Maceo Parker Brilhart Ebolin
Ken Peplowski Beechler 5 Berg Larsen 110/0
Houston Person Lawton 10 metal
BergLarsen 130/0 SMS Hard Rubber
Lenny Pickett Selmer C* Meyer 5 Vandoren Reeds - Selmer Berg Larsen
MkVI Tenor 115/0
Meyer 6M Alexander
Bobby Porcelli
Superial DC 3 1/2
Boots Randolph Dukoff D9, La Voz Med Reeds
Selmer Soloist Hard Meyer New York USA 6 Metal Otto Link 9* - Selmer
Rubber G, Hard Rubber, Relacquered Super Balanced
Joshua Redman
Vandoren 2 Reeds, Vandoren 2 1/2 Reeds, Action Tenor Saxophone
Selmer Mark VI Selmer Balanced Action (48,000)
Jerome
Selmer Hard Rubber Otto Link Metal Otto Link
Richardson
Scott Robinson Vandoren?
Sonny Rollins Berg Larsen 130/2
James Rotter Selmer S-80 E Selmer S-80 C** Selmer S-80 C* "Soloist" Selmer S-80
 Vandoren 4 Reeds, Vandoren 5 Reeds, Selmer Vandoren 5 Reeds, Selmer C**
Selmer Mark VI Mark VI (gold plated) Mark VII Vandoren 5
Reeds, Selmer
Note: Mr. Rotter uses #5 Mark VI
Vandorens as "finished
blanks and adjusts them
significantly before playing"
Meyer 6, Rico Plasticover
Marc Russo Yanagisawa 9 Dukoff D9
Reeds
David Sanborn Dukoff D7, D9
Pharoh Sanders Metal Selmer Metal Selmer
Tom Scott Guardala Studio
Andy Shepard Bari
Hard Rubber Otto Hard Rubber Otto Link 10 -
Wayne Shorter
Link 10 Selmer MkVI Tenor
Otto Link 6 - Rico #4 Reeds -
Lew Tabakin
Selmer MkVI Tenor
Selmer C*
Selmer C* Selmer C*
James Umble Morgan 3C
Vandoren 3 1/2 Vandoren 3 1/2
Vandoren 3 1/2
Otto Link 8 - Selmer MkVI
Chris Vadala Selmer C* Meyer 7
Tenor
Junior Walker Metal Lawton - Selmer Mk VI
Superial 3 1/2 & "DC" 3 & 3.5
Bennie Wallace Florida Otto Link Super Tone
Master, Selmer MKVI Tenor
Sadao Watanabe Meyer 5
Bobby Watson Vandoren A35
Metal Otto Link 13!? - 160 tip
Ernie Watts Runyon 9 Lawton 9*, Barone Metal
opening
Metal Otto Link 9, Rico 3 1/2
Ben Webster
Reeds
Kirk Whalum Dukoff 8* Sugal, Keilwerth Black Nickel
Edgar Winter Brilhart Level Air 6 Brilhart Level Air 6
Selmer D, Winslow
ligature, Vandoren #4
Paul Winter
reeds - Selmer Mark
VI
Meyer 5, La Voz medium
Phil Woods
reeds
George Young Beechler - Selmer Mk VI
Lester Young Otto Link "Master Link"

Manufacturer Soprano Saxophone Mouthpiece Information

50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105
BARI Ebonite .58 .60 .62 .64 .66 .68 .70 .72 .74
Beechler 4 5 6 7 8
Berg Larsen 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85
Dukoff D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10
Guy Hakwins 4-5 6 7
Meyer 5 6-7 8-9 10
Otto Link 5 5* 6 6* 7 7* 8 8* 9
RIA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Rousseau 2R, 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R
Runyon 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Selmer C*, C** D/E F/G H I
Vandoren S15 S25 S35
Wolf Tayne 4 5 6 7
Yanagisawa 5 6 7 8 9

Manufacturer Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Information

60 62 65 70 74 75 80 83 85 90 95 100 105 110
BARI .72 .77 .82 .87
BARI (R.C.) 4 5 6 7
Beechler 3 4 5 6 7 8
Berg Larsen 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110
Couf 4* 5-6 7-8 9* 10*
Dukoff D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10
Guy Hawkins 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Meyer 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Otto Link 4* 5 5* 6 6* 7 7* 8 8* 9 9*
RIA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Rousseau 3R 4R 5R
Rousseau Classic NC4 NC5 NC6 NC7
Rousseau Jazz JDX4 JDX5 JDX6 JDX7
Runyon 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Selmer B* C C* C** D E F G H
Vandoren A20 A25 A27 A35 A45 A55
Vandoren Java A35 A45 A55 A75 A95
Jumbo Java A35 A45 A55 A75 A95
Wolf Tayne 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Yanagisawa 5 6 7 8 9

Manufacturer Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Information

65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130
BARI .85 .90 .95 .100 .105 .110 .115 .120
Beechler 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Berg Larsen 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120
Couf 3* 4-5 6-7 8*
Dukoff D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10
Guy Hawkins 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Meyer 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Otto Link 4 4* 5 5* 6 6* 7 7* 8 8* 9 9* 10
RIA 3 3* 4 4* 5 5* 6 6* 7 7* 8 8* 9
Runyon 1 2 3 4-5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Rousseau 3R 4R 5R
Rousseau Jazz JDX4 JDX5 JDX6 JDX7 JDX8
Selmer C C* C** D E F G H
Vandoren T15 T20 T25 T35
Vandoren Java T45 T55 T75 T95 T97
Jumbo Java T45 T55 T75 T95 T97
Wolf Tayne 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Yanagisawa 5 6 7 8 9

Manufacturer Baritone Saxophone Mouthpiece Information

70 73 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130
Beechler 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Berg Larsen 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130
Dukoff D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9
Guy Hawkins 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Meyer 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Otto Link 4 4* 5 5* 6 6* 7 7* 8 8* 9
RIA 3* 4* 5* 6* 7* 8*
Rousseau 3R 4R 5R 6R
Runyon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Selmer B* C C* C** D E F G H
Wolf Tayne 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Yanagisawa 5 7 9