Santy Runyon R.I.P.

A short notice of the death of saxophonist, teacher and mouthpiece maker Santy Runyon at the age of 95, citing a report in the Lafayette Daily Advertiser.

It noted that Runyon taught for more than 50 years, with Charlie Parker among his students, and that his mouthpiece factory in Opelousas, Louisiana, produced tens of thousands of mouthpieces a year.

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