Randy and Shirley will be at the Simpson Jazz Festival on Thursday and Friday, January 26th and 27th. Booth hours will be 10-5 both days. They will have a nice selection of instruments, mouthpieces and accessories. Call us if you want them to bring anything special for you, your school or your students. Reeds will be 50% off both days!!
Buffet Clarinet Madness
For the month of January, Tenor Madness will be offering a FREE Jack Graham custom set-up on all our new Buffet clarinets. This custom set-up includes dressing the tone holes, a process where Jack levels the tone holes and fills in any flaws in the tone hole to guarantee a perfect seat of pad to tone hole. He also replaces any spongy key corks and removes any play in the keys to assure the most positive key action available. A final regulation and adjustment completes the process to make TM Buffet clarinets the best available anywhere. TM also carries a full assortment of Moennig barrels to improve the sound and intonation of your Buffet clarinet. To take advantage of this special offer, just email jim@tenormadness.com or call 319-234-3561.
New Selmer Madness
Dr. James Bunte from the Cincinnati Conservatory went to the Selmer warehouse in Elkhart on December 16 and personally selected new stock for us. We think the new Jubilee model is some of Selmer's best work. The sound is great and the mechanics are improved as well. If you want the best new Selmer saxophone available, get your new Jubilee here and let Tenor Madness do the custom set-up. You won't be disappointed...GUARANTEED!!
New Mouthpiece Madness!
Eric and Greg from MACSAX were at the shop yesterday to talk up Eric's latest offering for tenor, the FJ III. This is a metal mouthpiece with a huge sound. It's easy to center the tone at all dynamic levels and when you push the piece, the projection is amazing. We found the tone to be full, rich and complex. Our favorite tip openings were the 7*, 8, and 8*, which we now have in stock. The piece comes in 6* - 9*. Don't be afraid of a larger tip in this piece as they are extremely playable and easy to control in all ranges. Each piece is CNC machined and then hand finished by Eric Falcon. All pieces come with a Rovner Platinum TM ligature and are priced a $495.
The TM Custom tenor scores again!!
Wow what a screaming tenor! I’ve played a bunch of the horns from Taiwan and loved a few of them, but always found them to be lacking in terms of refinement. Many also don’t have much “core” or character to the sound. This one has plenty. It just resonates in your hands. It speaks effortlessly up and down the horn – and, crucially, it thrives at all dynamic levels. Subtone for days! Knowing Randy Jones’ repair and restoration work, I expected the horn to be well regulated, but even there the Custom went beyond – it’s tight, and fast, an absolute joy to play. Thanks! - Tom Moon, NYC
Joel Frahm plays the Tenor Madness Early Babbitt tenor sax mouthpiece!
Check out this video of Joel Frahm demonstrating our Tenor Madness Early Babbitt Otto Link tenor sax mouthpieces. This was recorded at Kim Bock's shop in New York. Kim is a great friend of Tenor Madness and anyone in the New York area should stop by and check out his shop! Check it out online at www.kbsax.com.
TM Custom mouthpiece Madness
" Randy Jones' new line of otto link hard rubber mouthpieces is what saxophonists have been waiting for; a new production mouthpiece that responds as easily as the best vintage jazz mouthpieces, but with a profound depth and roundness of tone that I've never found in another modern mouthpiece. My tone is my biggest concern, and Randy has come up with a mouthpiece that completely fulfills my needs. I love it!"
Joel Frahm
More TM Custom mouthpiece testimonials
"I have played hundreds of mouthpieces that try to replicate the Otto Link saxophone tone. The Tenor Madness Hard Rubber Otto Link mouthpiece has the quick response, projection and tonal colors reminiscent of the Otto Link Slant Signature/Early Babbitt model. The consistency and quality control is extremely high…there is no longer a true need to buy vintage hard rubber Links…Tenor Madness has you covered for horns and now mouthpieces! " - Xavier Perez, NYC saxophonist.
"These are great pieces, with excellent consistency from piece to piece. They play great time, and there's even response and consistent tone and intonation throughout the full range of the horn. An awesome "new" Link is finally here." - Dan Pratt.
"Randy Jones' new TM Custom Early Babbitt Link tenor pieces are tremendous sax mouthpieces! They are as good or better than any vintage pieces I've played over the years, in fact it has replaced the vintage piece I played for the past 7 years. Furthermore, having had the chance to play-test about a dozen "out-of-the-box" pieces, I am struck by the complete consistency in quality. They ALL play great! The search for that one great piece is over! - Kim Bock.
