A long and successful history of manufacturing has been continued and developed, driven by a boundless love of music. Play the instruments of CONN and you can feel it!

The HR* (pronounced HR star) produces a beautiful warm sound with free blowing ease. This Hard Rubber Saxophone Mouthpiece features a round, medium size chamber. The HR* is suited for Traditional Jazz, Big Band, Straight-Ahead and Bebop, but also has enough power for more modern styles. This is a favorite of band directors for its ability to blend in with a section.

Sound: more brilliant, more percussive, particularly well adapted to all the new styles of music. Launched in 1993 to answer the demand of some American jazz musicians (a JAVA with even more wood). The V16 has a thicker tip than the traditional Vandoren reeds and a longer palette. Sound: more brilliant, more percussive, particularly well adapted to all the new styles of music.

This reed is designed to produce a quality of extremely pure sound due to: • A very thin reed tip (the area of reed with maximum vibration). • A solid vertebral column (more cane in the area which climbs gradually to the heel).