Sepia Tone VI Marble

The Sepia Tone VI Marble is the marbled version of the standard VI model.  Its original design, for nearly a decade of production, featured a gold-plated brass shank ring on the marbled ebonite body.  However, after recent testing and development, we have found that pure copper significantly outperforms brass, and have updated the VI Marble mouthpiece with a copper shank ring.  The new VI Marble is now more responsive than before and has a much smoother, darker tone.

A unique and fascinating quality of Copper is how quickly and extensively it tarnishes.  Under the right conditions and with enough time, the freshly-polished pink color will soon become reddish-orange, then brown, and eventually even a bluish-green.  On the brownish-orange marbled ebonite body, this chameleon-like copper shank ring gives the mouthpiece a beautiful aged appearance, making the Sepia Tone VI Marble both look and feel exquisitely vintage.

I originally made this model simply to pursue the beauty of the mouthpiece; it did not cross my mind to introduce this mouthpiece as a Gottsu model. However, many professional saxophone artists tested and enjoyed it, and they wanted to have one of their own. Therefore, I decided to introduce it as a new Gottsu model. The design is the same as the Sepia Tone VI, but some changes have been made in order to accommodate the marbled material and brass ring.  

—Masahiko Goto

Type: Baritone, Tenor, Alto 

Opening Size: 

Baritone: 6, 7, 7☆, 8, 9

Tenor: 6, 6☆, 7, 7☆, 8, 8☆, 9

Alto: 5, 6, 7, 8

※see table below for mm sizing 

Material: Ebonite/Hard-rubber (black and orange), Copper

Chamber shape: Round 

Baffle: Roll-over baffle  

Tone characteristics: Dark, Focused, Powerful, easy to blow and control, slight resistance

Style：Jazz  

* Natural cane reed recommended 

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