Getting a mouthpiece refaced?

[Z]

I love my HR Otto link. I’ve had it since I started playing it was the stock mouthpiece that came with my first sax. The problem is, it’s only a 6*. It’s really dark and quiet and I can’t play very loudly even when I’m blowing like crazy. If I get it refaced to a 7* or 8 what will it allow me to do differently? Will it play louder and still have the dark qualities? Will it sound the exact same with more resistance? I’m trying to decide between just getting mine refaced to play a little bit brighter with more projection which will be cheaper and buying a whole new mouthpiece all together.

[Anonymous]

my sax teacher does loads of gigs, and before he does a
gig he checks out the room acoustics, that decides which
type of mouthpiece he plays on his selmar!
So if your mouthpiece doesn’t project very well, could be
worth keeping for playing in small rooms?

I’ve got 4 mouth pieces for my alto sax
rubber selmar Solo – which i bought for doing grades
metal guardalla king – rock & roll
theo wanne rubber kalli – rock & roll
theo wanne his latest blue art Durga , in my photo,
which knocks spots off the metal guardalla

when it comes to playing in my house – i only use
the selmar solo – the other 3 are too loud for the
small rooms i play in, playing soft on them is equivalent
to playing loud on the solo.

[john]

yes it’ll play louder and give you a bigger tone, your decision should be on how much the refacing costs and what a new one costs I guess.

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