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Tip Opening Definition  


Saxophone mouthpiece tip opening size chartThe 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

common-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