go to www.wwbw.com , go to alto sax, go to reeds, shop by brand by clicking on RICO and find them Hope it helps!

oh, and i'm planning on trying to get a Selmer LaVoix Silver Plated Alto for indoor performances, and use my Conn for the marching season and other outdoor performances, so I'll keep you posted

Don't put a rico reed on any mouthpiece. That is like buying an ice cream sundae and putting a handful of dirt on it. I have two meyer 5's. They are very nice on an alto. Best of luck to you :).

i use a vintage meyer on my 62 vito alto, the java 2 1/2 and helmke work fine on it with a dark rovner.

thanks for your help, I will defienatly check out a meyer 5m. thanks again.

Junkie, Let me kno what ya think of that LaVoix silver, I got a LaVoix tenor (lacquer) and I love it!!

Oklahoma Sax, I too was raised in a little town in Oklahoma!! There are better places to be for a jazz musician, but I learned things there that couldn't be learned in NYC!! Small town America didn't stop me from being a fairly successful musician. (Google Barry Kelsey) The mouthpiece you have is probably better than the newer Meyers. The old Meyers are great and very expensive, if you can get someone to part with one. If I were you I'd try Jody Jazz hard rubber pieces. Good luck in you Quest.......Kelsey

if you are refering to the meyer 5m that are sold now and the vintage meyer 5m they both sound different and frankly the meyer sound you might be after will not be found in the modern made meyer's. However i recently bought a mouthpiece that is based on the vintage Meyer 5m at www.kesslermusic.com/html/mps/altomps.htm their description: "New York Short Shank - NYSS This model is our best seller. Using the earliest Meyer Bros tip opening (roughly .079"), the original 5M is more equivalent to a modern day 7 tip. Using a small roll-over baffle design and a "Vintage Medium Chamber", our NYSS mouthpiece produces are rich tone with great projection, power and sweetness not found in many modern mouthpieces." now i just want to make it clear that i have not have a vintage meyer 5m. But i did like many buy a modern made meyer 5m in hopes to get that nice vintage sound and to my surprise the newly made meyer's sound nothing like the vintage that i would hear in records and other people play. After reading a few reviews i decided to give it a try. When i got it i was amazed at how warm and round and sweet my sound came out it definitely recreated the sound i heard in records or atleast a sound that represents the era accurately to my ears. Now, i want to also add that recently i was at a gig where the we had a guest (well known sax player in houston) known for his sound(he uses a vintage meyer 5m and a markVI) his sound was beautiful and everybody loved listening to him. I had to solo after him and to my surprise many people complemented me on my sound claiming that it sounded almost identical. My point is this, while i have not tried or played on a authentic vintage meyer i believe (and so have others) that this mp sounds pretty darn close! at $134.95 its worth a try. jazz cat