I tried this mouthpiece at a friend's - I immediately decided to buy the same one for myself. Vandoren optimum ligature. The advantages are a fairly bright sound color, the ability to play clearly and beautifully both on the piano and on the forte, altissimo is taken very easily, in combination with the Select jazz unfiled 2.5 reeds - I give it a like. The disadvantages are that the mouthpiece is very bright, in order to control it, you need to practice on the piano, while keeping the sound on the support - the tuning of the instrument depends on this. I really liked the mouthpiece - I recommend it!