VersiTone™
Acoustimer
Mouthpiece for Alto Saxophone
Hand finished, Molded Resin Alto Mouthpiece - signed and serial numbered
Our Resin VersiTone™ Model Alto mouthpieces are improvements of the ever popular "medium chamber" hard rubber alto design based on modifications gleaned from 25 years of refacing and improving this medium chamber design. The VersiTone™ design is perfect for both solo and section work and provides excellent intonation as well as possessing a powerful core at all dynamic ranges. The baffle - chamber relationship offers the sought after "perfect balance" of edge and warmth that has made so many customers praise these modifications.
The Ted Klum Mouthpieces Resin line is created from a low volume manufacturing process utilizing an FDA approved base resin compounded with our proprietary filler which has been developed specifically for our mouthpieces. This material has been formulated with proven ingredients based on the criteria of both specific resonant properties as well as bio-compatibility. Our Resin VersiTone™ Model Alto mouthpieces are designed using 3D modeling software based on our improvements to the most popular designs of the best vintage mouthpieces that have been sought after and coveted for many years. The price is reflective of both the manufacturing process and the materials and the fact that each one is hand finished, signed and serial numbered by Ted Klum as well.
FocusTone™
Acoustimer
Mouthpiece for Tenor Saxophone
Hand finished, Molded Resin Tenor Mouthpiece - signed and serial numbered
Our Resin FocusTone™ Acoustimer Model Tenor mouthpiece is an adaptation of the FocusTone™ Standard Model core geometry designed for the thicker walled, larger bodied, resin or hard rubber shape. This core is considered to be a large chamber and possesses a deep, broad tone, while maintaining plenty of power and edge with the resonant quality of the specially compounded material.
The Ted Klum Mouthpieces Resin line is created from a low volume manufacturing process utilizing an FDA approved base resin compounded with our proprietary filler which has been developed specifically for our mouthpieces. This material has been formulated with proven ingredients based on the criteria of both specific resonant properties as well as bio-compatibility. Our Resin FocusTone™ Acoustimer Model Tenor mouthpieces are designed using 3D modeling software based on our improvements to the most popular designs of the best vintage mouthpieces that have been sought after and coveted for many years. The price is reflective of both the manufacturing process and the materials and the fact that each one is hand finished, signed and serial numbered by Ted Klum as well.
FocusTone™
Standard
Mouthpiece for Tenor Saxophone
Rhodium Plated Brass
- Black Bite Plate -
Hand finished, CNC machined in 1 piece from high quality brass, nickel then rhodium plated
The fifth version of the FocusTone™, the "Standard Model", is CNC machined in ONE PIECE from high quality extruded bar stock brass as opposed to being cast. It was designed to replicate all the qualities of my very best handcrafted cast FocusTone™ but with a consistency that only CNC machining could provide. This model owes special acknowledgment to CAD designer Jimmy Nagase whose artistic, intuitive approach proved to be the perfect embodiment of my concepts and is truly the brilliance of this design. The Standard Model is still hand finished but is machined to the degree that less time is required and a higher level of geometric consistency is achieved. The traditional solid black bite plate distinguishes it from the handcrafted model but otherwise it is aesthetically similar.
The Standard Model V.5 is machined from extruded Brass bar stock while the Handcrafted Model V.6 is cast from Brass pellets. They are 2 different brasses and extruded Brass is pure and consistent while the cast brass can be tempered, hardened, annealed and prone to porosity, fire scale, etc. They are both currently created from the same design file however the Standard Model turns out a bit heavier and slightly larger due to the lack of any shrinkage from the casting process and less outer finishing work required. The difference in sound is due mostly to the final hand finishing and varies more in the Handcrafted Model since the consistency of the Standard Model is greater. We've only recently started selling the Standard Model and so far more people are choosing the Standard Model when comparing the two side by side.
FocusTone™
Handcrafted Mouthpiece for Tenor Saxophone
The FocusTone™ model Tenor saxophone mouthpiece is a medium large chamber metal mouthpiece created from a traditionally inspired original design. It is intended to be a modern variation or evolution of the great vintage metal mouthpieces that were essential to so many of the great influential jazz tenor sounds such as those of Dexter Gordon and John Coltrane.
The design although not revolutionary, distinguishes itself by virtue of a bit more "focus" and power in the sound than its popular predecessors. This commonly requested attribute along with its traditional, large chamber sound and high standard of precision hand finishing, provides for a sound and playability that sets it apart in this day and age of mass production.
Solid Sterling Silver
- Red Bite Plate -
Rhodium Plated Brass
- Green Bite Plate -
Rhodium Plated Bronze
- Blue Bite Plate -
High Quality 1 piece castings in 92.5% pure silver
High Quality 1 piece castings in specially selected brass, nickel then rhodium plated
High Quality 1 piece castings in specially selected bronze, nickel then rhodium plated
The heavier, denser sterling silver produces a darker, warmer sound while retaining a brilliant top end. This metal resonates at a lower frequency than brass and often requires a little time for your playing to "tune in" to the resonance in order to achieve the potential of the sterling silver sound.
The rhodium plated brass produces an extremely vibrant, present sound which resonates at a frequency which most of us are familiar with from the great vintage brass mouthpieces of the 40's, 50's and 60's. This combination has yielded excellent results and is expected to be the most popular.
The rhodium plated bronze has a slightly darker resonance than the brass however the overall tonal quality is very similar in character to that of the brass.