With over five decades combined experience in the hand-crafting, facing, and finishing of woodwind mouthpieces, the MOUTHPIECE GUYS are ready and able to meet all of your refacing and customization wishes. Brian Powell and Erik Greiffenhagen are in the unique position of having worked and learned full-time from a legendary master craftsman, and have combined this knowledge with the study of past master craftsmen and designers to bring to you the highest quality mouthpiece work you can find.
Our Services
Hand refacing of all families of saxophone and clarinet mouthpieces, and other woodwind mouthpiece reconstruction and repairs. In shop consultation and work sessions. Consultation regarding sound/tonal production and goals, and equipment reviews.
What Is Mouthpiece Refacing?
In a nutshell, mouthpiece refacing means customizing your mouthpiece to play at optimum performance to suit your needs as a player. This can include flattening the mouthpiece table, precision application of a well-designed and efficient facing curve, tip opening changes, and very fine hand finish work.
Ralph Morgan (1924-2007)
Our History
Brian and Erik have worked together since 1995. We both got our start in the mouthpiece shop of legendary master craftsman Ralph Morgan, who retired as the Chief Woodwind Designer of the Selmer Company in 1980. Although Ralph passed in 2007, his legacy continues to live on through the hand-crafted Morgan line of saxophone and clarinet mouthpieces, and the knowledge he passed on to those few under his tutelage.