I can use a metal Dukoff D chamber on my C saxes when i'm playing along with my wife in our home parlor. So it's more a matter of how and where you are going to use the metal mouthpice. Then it's your turn with a small bore old saxophone with a modern mouthpice. Let's say you're trading solo with a guy who is playing a modern horn w modern mouthpice. If you're playing sax in a 4-horn section in a Rock-Blues Band maybe the audience don't notice? The problem is when you are going to play or trade solo. He is very picky! He also told me about the same problem that PT is saying.Īnother guy, also a teacher and player in contemporary saxophone, told me that it can be ok to use a modern mouthpiece and an older sax. Beside intonation problem you may also lose the character of your sax. He don't recommend or allow his students to use modern (metal) mouthpieces. They might also have problems with playing out of tune over the whole register. He told be that most players have intonation problems when they play a modern mouthpiece on an older horn. I talked to a player who is proffesionally teaching and playing classic saxophone about modern designed mpc's vs traditionlly designed mpc's (like the original) on saxes from the 20's or 30's.
Most teachers or audience don't want a classic saxophone to sound like that. I use to recommend players that want a modern designed mouthpiece on an older sax to try and play it in the same situation that they use to play! I don't recommend a young saxplayer, who is into classic saxophone to play a BL metal w 0 chamber, on a Buescher TT.
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