Dexter Gordon played on a Conn 10m and a Dukoff BD Hollywood tenor saxophone mouthpiece during the Blue Note era until the mid-sixties. Bobby Dukoff made two different BD Hollywood tenor sax mouthpiece models during this time: a medium chamber and a large chamber. Please see:
http://www.theowanne.com/mouthpieces101/Duckoff.php.
There has always been a huge debate about which model BD Dukoff Dexter Played.
Jean Philippe Dubrun recently contacted me and shared that he has acquired a Dukoff BD Hollywood tenor mouthpiece stamped “DG Special” on the side. It’s a 6* tip opening, serial number V173. It has the large chamber, rounded inner side walls and a slight rollover baffle, so is definitely the large chamber BD Hollywood produced in 1949 which was made in two halves silver soldered together.
Could this be a ‘Dexter Gordon’ model? We believe it is, and if so, this answers the long time debate. Indeed, it seems Dexter played the large chamber Dukoff! Very Cool….and snicker…I always suspected as much!
