This website records the history of Lawton saxophone mouthpieces, designed and made by English engineering craftsman and saxophonist Geoff Lawton and later his son, Jason Lawton. The information here has been put together by a fan and collector of Lawton mouthpieces and draws on published interviews with Geoff, marketing material and some personal reminiscences of people who knew him.
Please make contact if you have information to extend or correct what is here.
Acknowledgements
Grateful thanks to all the people and organisations who have provided me with information and permission to use their material.
The UK National Jazz Archive (particularly David Nathan) https://nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/
John Robert Brown (JRB) whose 1996 interview with Geoff Lawton sparked my interest in Lawton mouthpieces and who kindly gave permission for me to use quotations from it
Gary Carner who provided me with a copy of the first Lawton brochure (1967) from his archive on Pepper Adams pepperadams.com
Many saxophone enthusiasts who are members of the communities from the Cafe Saxophone https://cafesaxophone.com/ and Sax On The Web https://forum.saxontheweb.net/forum.php forums.