A bold mouthpiece that will bring power to your sound in a modern tone. This is from the vintage, Charles Black era - Bright, crisp, power, brilliance, just: "special" - and is the most desired of these models. (Compare retail new(non-vintage): $430 without handcrafted inspection)
It plays big and loud with the "cut" in the focused sound. This is designed to have a modern tone that is bright and edgy. A lot of folks who love their old Dukoffs have similar joy with these.
This one arrived in original condition, without any damage or marking to suggest otherwise; & measuring above the #7 (0.095) current factory specs at 0.098". The #8 is now sold at 0.100". I inspected it further to find that the table was not flat enough and the curve was too short, and it didn't play great. But it was worth saving, which caused a full reface repair to move forward. A small research note, the 1980s dating is supported by my acquisition of this mouthpiece with a saxophone from the original owner that was an early 80s model sax.
Current retail Beechler Bellite descriptions: "The Beechler Bellite Tenor saxophone mouthpieces are cast with the highest quality stainless steel designed to enhance the power of the instrument. The hardness of this metal provides an ultra fast response time to bring out the brilliance of the overtone series. Get all of the wonderful Beechler sound but with the projection and edge of metal."
Retail new is $353-429 on a #7 or 8, but these early era ones are the coveted ones. This comes with the worn, original ligature and cap and now measures a 0.099" (basically the #8) with a professional inspection and reface($125+). Current listings, who know what they have, sparing damage etc, will price these from $500-1200.00.