Gilmore ‘Junior’ Tavares
Barkley mouthpieces are made in São Paulo, Brazil by Gilmar ‘Junior’ Tavares. Junior started playing alto saxophone at the age of 13. His quest for the perfect mouthpieces made him experiment with Vandoren blanks which eventually led to his own custom design line of mouthpieces. His latest models use two different colors which are mixed according to the customer’s wishes.
Barkley Mouthpiece Jazz
Sax: soprano, alto, tenor
Material: resin
Chamber: large
Baffle: low roll-over
Description: The Barkley Jazz is available with (see the black model below) or without step baffle.
The pictures above show a tenor Jazz (left) with a step baffle, shown in a black finish.
An alto Jazz is shown on the left.
Model: Barkley K9
Sax: tenor
Material: resin
Chamber: medium
Baffle: step
Description: The Barkley K9 model is designed with the Guardala King model in mind and is
available for tenor only.
Model: Barkley Pop
Sax: soprano, alto, tenor
Material: resin
Chamber: large
Baffle: medium
Description: The Barkley Pop model features a large chamber and a medium baffle.
