Tip Opening Definition  

The Saxophone Mouthpiece (and Clarinet Mouthpiece) Tip Size, or Tip-Opening, is the distance between the reed and mouthpiece tip.   This number is usually on the side of the mouthpiece body, or on the table.  The smaller the tip size the more narrow the opening; the larger the tip size the larger the opening.

 Popular Tip Sizes  

This chart shows common tip sizes for various types of music.

Tip Opening Charts  

Compare your mouthpieces tip opening size to other modern and vintage brands with the PDF charts below:

SOPRANO MOUTHPIECE	ALTO MOUTHPIECE
TENOR MOUTHPIECE	BARITONE MOUTHPIECE
CLARINET MOUTHPIECE

Saxophone Mouthpiece Tip Size Characteristics

Different tip sizes are used for different styles of playing, and as one plays more, their abdominal muscles get stronger, and it is common to go up in tip size to compensate. That said, there is no ‘right’ tip size.  Play what you are comfortable on.