Francois Louis Spectruoso Soprano Mouthpiece, Signature Model – Special Order Only

$295.00

 

This model is hand faced and signed by Francois Louis.  Made from a new composite material, this mouthpiece resonates beautifully. The chamber resembles a Berg Larsen-style bullet chamber, but this mouthpiece plays with more ease than most any Berg and a touch more focus. These are excellent mouthpieces and play very well on soprano!

(Special order only.)

Description

The Sphere Chamber is a replica of the original Francois Louis® mouthpiece design. It offers an unbelievable dynamic range with a full and rich sound color from the softest pianissimo to the most powerful fortissimo. This is a mouthpiece that can take all the air you can possibly give it and turn it into a full, colorful sound rich in harmonics. This is a mouthpiece for those who love to use sound the way painters use color.
The Francois Louis XL Ligature fits this mouthpiece.
The Medium Large Chamber Model features an oval, more traditional type of chamber. It offers quite the same advantages in dynamics with more separation in the spectrum between highs and lows and offer a more airy sound with a lot of bounce. This is the perfect mouthpiece for jazz and hard bop styles of playing. It is reminiscent of the sound of the 50’s, playing with the efficiency of the best modern mouthpieces.
The Francois Louis XL Ligature fits this mouthpiece.

 

Openings Comparative Chart

1/1000 inch
1/100 mm
60
152
61
155
65
165
70
177
75
190
77
195
80
203
85
215
90
228
95
240
100
254
105
267

Mouthpiece
S155 S175 S195 S215 S240 S270
Otto-Link 6 6* 7 7* 8 8* 9 9* 10 10*
Bari 60 60/62 64/66 68/70 72/74 78 80
Vandoren S25 S35

Additional information

Chamber Type

Sphere Chamber, Medium Large Chamber

Select Facing

S155 (.061") Tip Opening, S175 (.070") Tip Opening, S195 (.077") Tip Opening, S215 (.085") Tip Opening, S240 (.095") Tip Opening, S270 (.105") Tip Opening