Saxophone Insights

Thank you so much for inventing the saxophone!

Do you have cool saxophone tips and tricks you would like to share? Is something puzzling you about your saxophone that you have not been able to figure out? Come rub elbows with your fellow Saxophonists at the workshop on…

Do you want to test all sorts of Theo Wanne mouthpieces? We will have a huge selection available at the workshop for you whether you plan Soprano, Alto, Tenor, or Baritone. See you there!

Do you wish your mouthpiece would really sing? Is your mouthpiece not quite working for you?

Come to the 2nd Annual Theo Wanne Mouthpiece Workshop Nov 19th and have the master of mouthpiece design and re-work, Theo Wanne himself, do…

Watch a fascinating video interview with saxophonist extraordinaire, Mindi Abair as she talks about the creation of her new Custom Signature Theo Wanne mouthpiece in collaboration with Theo Wanne.  I was able to catch Mindi when she was in town…

Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers are in Seattle Feb 11-14th at Jazz Alley and she will be lighting up the stage with her new Theo Wanne Mindi Abair Signature Alto mouthpiece!  If you want to cut through the clutter with…

Have you Tenor players been waiting for the holy grail Tenor mouthpiece? Theo Wanne has used the best design principles from the first Slant Signature models in the early 1950s through the Early Babbitt models in the 1970s to make…

Hello Saxophone Insights fans!

I have posted the video of Theo's 90 minute presentation from our Theo WanneTM Saxophone Mouthpiece Workshop on October 31, 2015 on YouTube.  If you missed the workshop here is your chance to hear it straight…

36 people braved the wind and the rain to attend the Theo WanneTM Saxophone mouthpiece workshop on Halloween day in Seattle hosted by Saxophone Insights.  The air was electric as the saxophonists arrived for what turned out to be an…

I don’t know about you but in my previous mouthpiece buying experience I would have to line up multiple, identical mouthpieces from a manufacturer and then play each one individually to assess them.  Why?  Because each one played differently even…

Searching for Saxophone Mouthpiece Nirvana

I have been playing saxophone since the day I heard the beautiful sound of a live saxophone played by the band director in my 5th grade classroom.  In reading an online saxophone forum discussion about…