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Drake Master Series Phil Woods Ebonite Alto Mouthpiece
Drake Master Series Phil Woods Ebonite Alto Mouthpiece

Drake Master Series Phil Woods Ebonite Alto Mouthpiece

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This special mouthpiece was conceived through exclusive collaboration with the Phil Woods Estate. 

Phil's life-long dedication to his craft left an indelible, beautiful inscription on the landscape of jazz. A classically-trained musician, Grammy Award winner and prolific recording artist, Phil was also a soul who truly loved the art of music. This mouthpiece honors his legacy. 

Woods was nicknamed "The New Bird" by his peers. The soul of Charlie Parker's sound (along with Phil's hero Benny Carter) was a spark that ignited Phil's approach to the horn. However, Phil's tone and style remained distinctly his own, and are recognizable at once to the listener. For much of his career, Phil Woods played an un-modified New York Meyer 5M, given to him by a friend in the 1950's. The Drake Phil Woods Mouthpiece is an exact reproduction of this treasured piece of history.

The Phil Woods is the quintessential straight-ahead jazz mouthpiece. The geometry is identical to Phil's mouthpiece, and offers the player something new in their experience. With the use of modern materials and design technology, Aaron Drake has respectfully carried this near-mythical mouthpiece forward into a new era. 

You can expect a pleasant amount of resistance, perfect for producing a warm, rich tone, with pop and projection when desired. The response is homogenous throughout the full range of the instrument and is capable of full-sounding altissimo. Overall, the tone is evocative of the best hard rubber mouthpieces of the golden era of jazz. 

A vast array of ligatures made for Meyer-style Hard Rubber Alto mouthpieces will fit this mouthpiece. However, the mouthpiece comes with a custom-fit Drake Quad Point Ligature.

Each mouthpiece is hand made by Master Artisan Aaron Drake, and receives its own unique serial number. It is tastefully engraved with Phil Woods' signature and the Drake trademark. 

  • Delivery and Returns

Delivery and Returns

Mainland UK Delivery

  • - All new Instruments shipped free via courier (usually UPS).
  • - Royal Mail Tracked 48 standard delivery for reeds and accessories. £3.99 for parcels, £1.99 for large letter/flatpack
  • - Fast Track delivery available using Royal Mail Special Delivery service.
  • - Reeds can be flat packed for delivery to fit through your letterbox, if requested, as delivery option. This reduces postage cost to you (£1.99), and also means your delivery should not end up at the Royal Mail depot, or left outside your house.
  • - For extra large items (instruments & cases larger than tenor sax) please contact us for a bespoke shipping quote, as they may require additional shipping charges on a case by case basis.


UK Returns

  • - If accessories are unused and unopened or you want to cancel an order you have the standard statutory rights for return of remote sales of 14 days.
  • - Mouthpieces and Instruments that are opened and trialled at home are given a 7 days approval period and can be returned to us for refund as long as you contact us within 7 days of receipt. Items and packaging must be returned to us in "as new" condition and they remain your responsibility until returned to us. If items or packaging are damaged by you whilst in the 7 day approval period a deduction of at least 10% will be applied to the refund.
  • - To cover cleaning/sterilising, check over and other costs, Mouthpieces incur a £15 restocking fee and Instruments a £25 restocking fee.
  • - You can't return used reeds... gross... don't be silly. Unopened/Sealed, and undamaged boxes can be returned as per your statutory rights, however if you choose a flat packed delivery option then the boxes are opened and may not be returned.


International Delivery and Returns

  • - Once posted, International shipments may not be returned unless there is a manufacturer fault with the product.
  • - The website calculates international shipping rates. In some circumstances, the calculated shipping may be insufficient and you could be required to pay additional international shipping, or given the option to cancel an order if you wish.
  • - We are required to pre-pay import taxes and customs duties to some EU and international destinations. If this is required for your destination country we will contact you with a bill which you can pay, or you may cancel the order if you wish.



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