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Hi!

Has anyone tested the new signature mouthpiece from Yamaha, SL-Eijiro-M22-L-GP? Eijiro Nakagawa's mouthpiece. Seems to be a Japan-exclusive model. I have the original model Eijiro mouthpiece and I quite like it for certain things, but overall found it not suitable for everyday "normal" use, mostly because of the small-ish size. The new MK2 seems to be a bit larger, with a wider backbore and throat. Yamaha's mouthpieces for some reason seem to suit my lips and way of playing and exhaling quite well so I am intrigued by this new mp. Right now I play large bore tenor with the gold plated Trudel-mouthpiece, and small bore tenor with Landgren mp. The new Eijiro Mk2 is notably pricier than other Yamaha models, costing 44.800 yen, or 277€/315$. I wonder if that has to do with inflation kicking everyone's behind or is the new mouthpiece just that... much more developed and better?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=270u4JMfRYY

I like his shirt.

By original, do you mean his Eijiro Classic? or the SL-EIjiro?

Eijiro can play for real, but he needs a new tonmeister. Unless the new mouthpiece has a "midi" feature.

I saw it at the Yamaha store in Ginza, Tokyo. If I remember correctly, the mouthpiece has a rather large throat.

His SL-Eijiro-L was designed with a large throat. That's what he preferred