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do you know anything about Otto Link Tone Edge mouthpieces? I'm trying to identify what era mine is from - I think it's a late Early Babbitt with 'denim' machining marks on the table
do you know anything about Otto Link Tone Edge mouthpieces? I'm trying to identify what era mine is from - I think it's a late Early Babbitt with 'denim' machining marks on the table
this is the best I could find - http://www.stohrermusic.com/2011/05/otto-link-mouthpieces-past-and-present/No, sorry I can't help on this specific model. Have you already tried on the saxophone mouthpieces museum?
this is the best I could find - Otto Link Mouthpieces, Past and Present « Stohrer Music
Tenor and alto pieces are regarded very differently in terms of their desireability. I had an alto early babbitt and it wasn't great.
Regards to the Tenor Pieces...
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No I`ve never had a slant, never had the disposable income to try one , what I don`t get is why every tone edge made isn`t a 100% Copy of the slant sigs everyone is chasing , I mean Link make no money from used slants, they would if they made new 100% Copies that were just as good
Making a mold is quite expensive and they are selling the Tone Edge.....
The one I was enquiring about is a tenor 9 I got off ebay a while ago, in a last ditch attempt to rekindle my interest in tenor playing. It's a straight sig USA and seems to have the horseshoe baffle that is shown in pictures of early Babbit pieces. I've no idea if the lettering is small or large since no one gives any measurements for how big the lettering should be to fir those criteria. It came in an orange printing on white box with the 2201 Industrial Parkway, Elkhart IN address. I can't see any obvious signs of a mould number inside, but there are a variety of scuff marks and I'm not sure what I'm looking for
What I do find curious is the 'denim' machining marks on the table, like on a Berg Larsen, but running straight rather than at a slight angle. The Alto one I have has straight line machining marks running lengthwise. This is the detail that I'm having difficulty photographing.
It plays really well and has plenty of oomph and can get a bit Coltrane-y, albeit in a darker manner.
There doesn't seem to be as much info on Otto Link ebonite mouthpieces compared to the metal ones. Since I'm thinking about selling this and the rest of my tenor gear, I was trying to find out if this one's at all rare or desirable...
comments along the lines of 'I'll take it off your hands for a fiver' will be ignored
Send me a detailed picture of the baffle area and I will tell you how it plays 😉 I am also curious to see the table. It tells more than you can imagine...
I already know how it plays and it ain't stuffy and lacking in projection... although those terms are highly subjective and it;s more down to the player than the equipment - sax players in the 1920's and 30's must've been able to project over a noisey audience without any PA system, long before any fancy baffle designs emergedSend me a detailed picture of the baffle area and I will tell you how it plays 😉 I am also curious to see the table. It tells more than you can imagine...
sax players in the 1920's and 30's must've been able to project over a noisey audience without any PA system, long before any fancy baffle designs emerged