For sale is an extremely rare vintage Original Elmer Beechler (5) Hard Rubber Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece. This highly collectable mouthpiece is from the personal collection of mouthpiece guru Robert (Bob) A. Carpenter.
It is in fantastic condition and comes in the original box! This mouthpiece is an extremely rare find, especially when you include the original box.
It is stamped 670 on one side, and 5 on the other. The tip opening measures at .092 with a Facing length of 22mm.
The side and tip rails are all in excellent condition along with the top beak chamber and shank. There is no damage to the mouthpiece and the facing is all original.
This mouthpiece is from the personal
collection of Robert (Bob) Carpenter. Bob does not do the internet, so he asked me to
list some of his better playing mouthpieces from his personal collection.
If you have not heard of Bob Carpenter, he has repaired, restored, and
perfected mouthpieces for countless famous professional musicians from all over
the world.
Bob is considered one of the top 5 mouthpiece technicians in
the world. Theo Wanne of the Theo Wanne Mouthpiece Co. studied
mouthpiece making and refacing from Bob.