Wood Lebayle "Jazz" 98 tip used mouthpiece

Wood Lebayle "Jazz" 98 tip used mouthpieceHere is a wood "Jazz" model tenor mouthpiece made by the late Fred Lebayle. Sebastian Knox opened this piece from an . 080" (5) tip opening to . 098"(7). Fred Lebayle's handmade mouthpieces started showing up on the market in the 2000's. Fred, who recently passed away, worked with a virtual "who's who" of the NYC jazz scene making original designs that weren't simply copies of classic models. The combination of the material and the design which is

finish work

Verne was part of musical supergroup Blood

This piece is in excellent original condition and looks like it's had very little use

I find this to be a huge leap in design from the cavernous chambers of previous models that were stamped "air flow"

This piece is stamped 8 and measures

It is stamped 2 MM

These were made for Doc by JJ Babbitt over 25 years ago and were made with a vintage core mold

better known as the Meyer Bros

Red Letter pieces are sought after for their work and the cool streamlined body shape

Please note that there is wear on the beak from teeth

and stamped 4 in the Florida tip font

Theo offered this model recently that features his true large chamber design and a very hefty step baffle