Yamaha Signature Series Mouthpieces

Signature Series

Though it’s a fact little known outside professional circles, Yamaha has been producing special custom-made mouthpieces for hundreds of the world’s top players at our R&D Ateliers for many many years. These artists were not satisfied with any commercial models available. They came to us because they had confidence that if anyone had the skill needed to create their own ‘dream’ mouthpiece, it was Yamaha. The players knew from the experience gained in their long careers exactly the kind of sound and response they wanted, and our technicians knew from their long experience in crafting instruments how to deliver it. More and more colleagues and students of these top players began to ask us for copies of the mouthpieces, so we decided to offer a select lineup of them in a new Signature Series. Now others can share in the results of this great cooperative effort between artist and artisan.

ERIC AUBIER Model: TR-AUBIER 

Powerful, full sound. An all round model.

• 17.03mm inner rim diameter
• Semi-flat rim contour
• Standard rim thickness and cup depth
• 3.8mm throat, standard backbore
• Powerful, full sound

BOBBY SHEW Model: TR-SHEW-JAZZ

The Jazz model has a fairly deep roomy cup for a warm, big sound, and a throat and backbore designed to give enough "jump and snap" for maneuvering through quick jazz passages with a rich full sound.

• Rim Inner Diameter: 16.85mm
• Rim Contour: Semi-round
• Rim Thickness: Semi-thick
• Cup Depth: Standard
• Throat: 3.65mm
• Backbore: Standard

BOBBY SHEW Model: TR-SHEW-LEAD

The Lead model gives that extra sizzle and high note clarity for playing lead parts.

• Rim Inner Diameter: 16.54mm
• Rim Contour: Semi-round
• Rim Thickness: Semi-thick
• Cup Depth: Very shallow
• Throat: 3.56mm
• Backbore: Narrow