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Best Saxophone Mouthpiece Refacers

What is mouthpiece refacing?

Mouthpiece refacing is the customising of a mouthpiece to improve its performance and allows a player to optimise any weak aspects in order to be free to express themselves. 

Mouthpiece refacing usually consists of detailed hand-finishing, flattening of the mouthpiece table, adjusting of the facing curve, matching the mouthpiece tip to a reed, baffle height adjustments, enlarging and modification of the chamber, changing of tip openings, replacement of bite plates, banding of cracked shanks, evening and straightening of side rails, work on the window.

Some refacers can also do shank repair and banding, adding of baffle inserts and other specific tasks. The prices of refacing hard rubber, wood and plastic mouthpieces are generally the cheapest, followed by metal and lastly, stainless steel will be the most expensive as it is very labour intensive. Some refacers may not even want to work on stainless steel. 

Why should you reface a mouthpiece?

You should reface a mouthpiece if you enjoy the properties of a particular mouthpiece but might want to tweak certain qualities. 

Some vintage mouthpieces might also come in very small tip openings or lack projection. Hence one might want to modify these for more modern playing. 

Some players also want to a vintage mouthpiece but don’t want to spend hundreds to thousands of dollars. Hence one might want to get a modern mouthpiece and have it refaced to play and sound like their favourite vintage mouthpiece. Of course it will not be exactly like the vintage one, but they could get close and at a fraction of the price. 

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Who should have their mouthpiece refaced?

Anyone can benefit from mouthpiece refacing. Be it beginners, hobbyists or professionals, one should not to compromise on their sound if they feel their mouthpiece is not playing optimally. 

Legendary Mouthpiece Refacers

These are some of the legendary mouthpiece craftsmen that are unfortunately not with us anymore:

  • Jon Van Wie
  • Freddie Gregory
  • Ron Coelho (RPC Mouthpieces)
  • Geoff Lawton
  • Ralph Morgan
  • Doc Tenney
  • Frank Wells

Who should NOT have their mouthpiece refaced?

  • Players who have a mouthpiece that can never been replaced. It could be one that has sentimental value, or a special gift from someone, or one that is very rare. It could get lost in the mail, or the refacer might actually ‘improve’ it but make it something that does not suit you anymore
  • Someone who is hoping their playing will magically get better after a mouthpiece reface
  • Someone hoping that their refaced mouthpiece will play EXACTLY like another mouthpiece

List of Mouthpiece Refacers 

This is a list of all the known mouthpiece refacers and their pricing for easy access. Please do let me know at saxophonelessons.com@gmail.com if I missed anyone out.

DISCLAIMER: These are not meant to be recommendations but just a good list of all the great craftsmen around the world. Please exercise caution in all interactions!

Brian Powell

https://www.mouthpieceguys.com/pricing-services-1

Erik Greiffenhagen

https://www.mouthpieceguys.com/pricing-services-1

Ed Zentera

http://ezmpc.com/customization/

Keith Bradbury (Mojo Mouthpiece Work)

https://www.mojomp.com/services-1

Morgan Fry

https://morganfrymouthpieces.com/content/mouthpiece-refacing

Eric Falcon

Probably can find him on Facebook

Ed Pillinger 

https://pillingermouthpieces.co.uk/

Phil Barone

https://www.philbarone.com/form/contact-phil-barone

John Reilly

https://www.jrmpcdr.com/pricing-services

John Yoakum

Email: jomiyo@gmail.com

Bob Carpenter

https://worldwidesax.com/services/mouthpiece-repair/

Joe Giardullo (Soprano Planet)

https://sopranoplanet.com/rebalance/

Phil-Tone By Le Son

https://phil-tone.com/refacing

Kirill Poudavoff

www.Instagram.com/kpoudavoff

Benjamin Allen

https://allenmouthpieces.com/mouthpieces

Tommaso Troncon

https://www.tommasotroncon.com

Mark Spencer

Probably can find him on Facebook

Norbert Stachel

http://www.norbertstachel.com/#workshop

Avel Sound Concept 

https://avelsoundconcept.com/refacing/

Sakshama

https://sakshamamouthpieces.com/

Matt Marantz

https://www.marantzcustommouthpieces.com/rates

Eric Drake

http://www.saxcraft.com/custom-mouthpieces/

Tommy Occhiuto

https://www.occhiutowoodwinds.com/service

Marin Spivak (Horned Toad)

https://hornedtoadmusic.com/

Kay Siebold

http://kaysiebold.de/Mundstueck-Refacing:_:16.html

Greg Weir

Email: greg.wier@yahoo.com

Matt Voss

Probably can find him on Facebook

Rafael Navarro

http://navarromouthpieces.com/

Dave Jary

https://jarycustom.wordpress.com/contact/

Nicolas Trefeil

http://www.nicolastrefeil.com/

Lawrie Waldron

Not sure if he is still refacing

Jo Schnabl (Germany) 

http://mouthpiece-pro.com/index.html

Fred Lamberson
http://www.lambersonmouthpieces.com/

Egil Furre

Email: egfurre@gmail.com

Jimmy Jensen

https://www.jhwinds.com/

Jin Jo
www.jscustomsaxophone.com
Email: jscustomsaxophone@gmail.com

Johannes Gerber

https://www.johannesgerber.com/

Pat Morisson (France)

https://www.saxophoneboutique.com/a-propos-du-refa%C3%A7age-about-refacing/

James Bunte

https://www.jamesbunte.com/mouthpieces

Istvan Gabor (Sweden)

https://saxmundstykker.dk/Istvan_Refacing.html

Arnold Montgomery

https://www.ammouthpieces.com/

Eddie Novikov

Email: enovikov14@gmail.com

Les Becs d’Autan

https://www.les-becs-dautan.fr/

Stephen Kammerer (SK Mouthpieces)

https://skmouthpieces.as.me/schedule.php

Caleb Burkhardt

Email: Burkhardt.caleb@gmail.com

Liu Shizhao (China)

Email: saxproshop@gmail.com

Gottsu (Japan)

https://www.gottsu-japan.com/home-english/reface-en/

John Thomas (Thomas Woodwinds)

www.thomaswoodwinds.com

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