Ricky Bryant, Franklin Tennessee on the DV CHI Tenor 7*

I've been playing tenor sax for 4 years now and Jody helped me early on get started with an HR* tenor 6*. About 8 months ago felt it was time to upgrade and after quite a bit of reading and listening research and all kinds of fantastic help from Linden with Bandwagon in Nashville decided to order a DV Chicago 7*. Placed the order with in March, received it in August, and after playing this mouthpiece for 2 months now it's blowin' my mind! Have always had trouble with the successive low Bb notes on Jimmy Forrest’s Night Train but the DV Chi makes these notes easy to hit every time as well as always being crisp and clear. AWB’s Pick Up The Pieces overall sounds so much better with the DV Chi as the flurry of notes throughout the song play so much more accurately with this mouthpiece. On scales my transitions between the upper register and lower register notes have sometimes been shaky but again the DV Chi makes these notes sound more even whether traveling up or down the scale. This mouthpiece almost seems to function like a compressor/limiter for guitar as the notes have a more consistent volume and tone but without squashing the sound at all. Also, my higher register notes including altissimo notes are easier to play with the DV Chi and the intonation with these notes is fantastic."