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

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

 

 

SOPRANO MOUTHPIECES	ALTO MOUTHPIECE
TENOR MOUTHPIECES	BARITONE MOUTHPIECE
CLARINET MOUTHPIECE