Yibuy #7 Golden Brass B-flat Soprano Saxophone Mouthpiece with Ligature Reed

I got the soprano #7 gold. I've tried it out a few times now only on an Antigua horn and a Lazarro horn, both purchased on Amazon - needless to say not traditional name brand sopranos. For me on those 2 horns, in order to get in tune with A 440 on a chromatic tuner, this mouthpiece has to be pushed on as far as it will go before a ridge in the chamber stops it from going on any further, and that is with for me a fairly firm embouchure. And that's using a strength 2.0 regular Rico broken in reed. I'm a home hobby player and I expect results may vary some depending on embouchure and reed strength. If I needed to tune a bit above 440 - not really sure where that might happen - this mouthpiece wouldn't work (I've noticed since I 1st posted this review that a ridge is also in the chamber on the Van Doren and the Selmer Cstar so it seems that is a normal design and on the same 2 horns, Lazarro and Antigua, it's the same issue, no room to to adjust above A 440 if needed for me with my present embouchure and reed choice.) Otherwise as far as I can tell it plays in the vicinity of a quality name brand mouthpiece. I'd say a fairly bright, pretty decent focused sound. The only marking I find is a numeral 7 engraved on the shank. This #7 is for sure more open than the Cstar, more like the s25 Van Doren. There is some rough surface finish on the inside, but in general the mouthpiece looks to be fairly well made to my non pro player eye. The ligature fits fine. I have played a number of different sax mouthpieces over the years. I put my something like 40 year old Dukoff and Otto Link tenors in the pic and also my Van Doren soprano. The Yibuy is on a straight neck and a Selmer Cstar is on a curved neck both from the student Antigua. For the record I used to play in community college jazz band way back. I still plan to get a traditional name brand metal soprano mouthpiece down the line. I understand the idea of saving the cost of this item and just trying out name brand mouthpieces at a local music store, but I also like the idea of having this at home for a few months or however long to check the sound against a hard rubber mouthpiece before I buy a name brand. After that it's basically a paperweight. For now this will give me an idea of a metal mouthpiece sound on soprano. For under 35 bucks delivered I'll keep it.

This mouthpiece is great nice tone and no vibration on lips when using.

Easy-blowing with a Vandoren V16 2.5 reed. Great sound— not as edgy as the Rico M7, Amazon's other low-priced soprano mouthpiece. No snake-charmer tendencies with the upper notes. I don't think you'll find a better mouthpiece within $100 of this one. The ligature works OK, but a Rovner-style ligature makes it a bit more mellow. The Rovner 1RVS is too large. So get the Andoer at 1/3 the price and resize it: use slow, steady pressure to pull the leather loops apart, cut 1/4" off each end; refold and reglue.

Very well made, just not what I was looking for exactly.I was asking too much to get what I was looking for so cheaply.Still better than the cheap plastic mouthpiece that came with my sax.I wish I had a couple of thousand dollars to just blow on a nice soprano sax.

Good.

I was pleasantly surprised with this mouthpiece. It plays well regardless of the price. The low price is just the icing on the cake.

Wow!! The open chamber projects well. The tone is round and mellow. As you know Soprano intonation is not balanced. Well, with this mouthpiece the intonation balances easier. And the ombeture naturally adapts to this mouthpiece. I can hit all the high notes as well as the lower pitches evenly without pinching. However, get a Rovner ligature to fit. Makes a big difference.

It didn’t work for me! I couldn’t play with this mouthpiece. Not a good quality for me.

Great mouthpiece. Makes my soprano sound way better and makes it play really well.

Ich habe drei dieser Mundstücke für Sopran, Alt und Tenor gekauft und bin hell begeistert. Mit allen dreien komme ich wunderbar zurecht.Als Vergleich dienen mir etliche andere Mundstücke, darunter auch welche von Meyer USA und Berg-Larsen.

Rapporto qualità prezzo buona. Buona sonorità e consistenza tonale. Oggetto che presenta una buona fattura ed una sicura qualità del materiale impiegato.

このマウスピース（MP)は、MPの内径とネックの外形が合わず、ネックのコルク部分に薄いテープを巻かないと使用できない。面倒なので使用するのを止めた。