Mouthpieces Otto Link New York metal mouthpiece.

Hi,
The intention of the mouthpiece is all good.

Otto Link since taken over by the Babbitt factory have a bad rep for consistency and if you listen to sax playing elders the rep goes back even before that.
So hopefully yours will play well enough for you and have a sound that pleases you too. But not all do.
It took me a long time and a lot of bought and sold pieces to get on with an Otto link.

You may also find it will be a while working on your sound before you enjoy it but if that's the case, it will be worth it in the end!
Good Luck!
 
I had one for a while, and it was great, big gruff sound with a bit more brightness than I was expecting. A good Otto is a fine mouthpiece, and I think the NY ones are better than the standard STM.

Happy playing.
 
The one I had would go pretty loud, but that might have been because it was a 9*
I thought yours had had a baffle added to give it some extra oomph? i tried an 8 at a Fat45 rehearsal once- lovely sound, when i played toward the plate glass window in the studio it sounded great, as soon as I turned back into the room it vanished without trace (Fat45 are fairly loud but nothing compared with a rock band)
 
I thought yours had had a baffle added to give it some extra oomph?

No, that's a different Link. That's a highly modified beast, an old standard Link with scooped out side walls, levelled table and rails and a whopping great baffle. Absolutely screams, and it's as loud as any piece I've ever played. Even Nick (see above) would like it!

The New York Link I had was standard. I don't know whether it was a product of variable Link quality standards, but it had a small rollover baffle, which seemed to give it some extra oomph.
 
No, that's a different Link. That's a highly modified beast, an old standard Link with scooped out side walls, levelled table and rails and a whopping great baffle. Absolutely screams, and it's as loud as any piece I've ever played. Even Nick (see above) would like it!

It's not really a Link then?
 

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