{"id":10490,"date":"2013-07-26T21:36:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T02:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=10490"},"modified":"2014-01-16T14:52:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T19:52:31","slug":"florida-double-ring-otto-link-tenor-saxophone-mouthpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/florida-double-ring-otto-link-tenor-saxophone-mouthpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Double Ring Otto Link Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today, I&#8217;m reviewing an old 1950&#8217;s Florida Double Ring Otto Link Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece.\u00a0 It was originally a 5 tip opening but was opened up to a 7 or .100 tip opening at some point.\u00a0 These Florida double ring mouthpieces were made in the 1950&#8217;s by the Otto Link company.\u00a0 This mouthpiece I have is just bare brass.\u00a0 Either this mouthpiece has been played so much that the\u00a0 gold and rhodium (silver?) plating underneath has all worn off or someone at some point had the mouthpiece stripped down to the bare brass.\u00a0 When I first received this vintage\u00a0 double ring it had a very worn down bite plate.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t mind that though as that is a sign that a mouthpiece has been played a lot and I was hoping that that meant it would be good.\u00a0 After I received it and decided I liked it I sent it off to Keith Bradbury (Mojo) who did a great job putting a new bit plate on it.\u00a0 The original bite plate wasn&#8217;t horrible but it was worn down enough that it really bugged me when I played it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/DRTop.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/DRTop.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Florida Double Ring Otto Link Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As usual, Brian Powell did a great job on this Otto Link.\u00a0 The table, rails and tip look perfect.\u00a0 There is a short rollover baffle that extends down into a large chamber.\u00a0 The roof of the chamber looks very thin to me.\u00a0 Not sure if it came that way or if that is Brian&#8217;s work but it is raised a good amount from the roof of the bore of the mouthpiece. This makes the chamber slightly larger than the bore circumference.\u00a0 The mouthpiece has a serial number of &#8220;U24&#8221; on it.\u00a0 I was curious about it&#8217;s length so I lined it up next to my other Florida Links and modern Links and it was the same length as the others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/DRTable.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/DRTable.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Florida Double Ring Otto Link Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The reed I&#8217;m using on this is a Rico Select Jazz 3S.\u00a0 I hope to get a 3M this weekend to try because the 3S was a tad soft for my tastes.\u00a0 I also tried my Rigotti Gold reeds but this mouthpiece did not do well with Rigotti Gold reeds.\u00a0 It played well with softer Rigotti&#8217;s but when I moved up to a harder size it got way too edgy!\u00a0\u00a0 Luckily, I tried the RSJ reeds on it and the edge was lessened.\u00a0 I have noticed this &#8220;edge&#8221; affect with Rigotti&#8217;s on my Lamberson and JVW Link and always attributed it to their shorter facing curves not liking the Rigotti&#8217;s&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/DRBaffle.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/DRBaffle.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Florida Double Ring Otto Link Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sound of this mouthpiece is right in the middle of the spectrum for me.\u00a0 Not super dark, not super bright&#8230;&#8230;..right in the middle.\u00a0 It&#8217;s nice and lush down low when sub-toning and the color of the tone is nice and rich.\u00a0 It&#8217;s nice and even throughout the range of the horn although the middle and high register seems to brighten up a bit for me.\u00a0 When you listen to the recording you can here a bit of edge and a brightness up top.\u00a0 The more air I blew the brighter it got.\u00a0 I was actually surprised how powerful and bright I could get with this mouthpiece.\u00a0 I assumed it would be darker because it is a vintage double ring.\u00a0 I also thought it wouldn&#8217;t be as powerful because it was a 7 tip opening.\u00a0 I was wrong on both counts.\u00a0 This mouthpiece can scream and get some nice volume when pushed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/DRBaffle2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/DRBaffle2.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Florida Double Ring Otto Link Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This Florida Double Ring Otto Link has been a joy to play. If you like the sound of the clip below and the mouthpiece catches your interest then&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;good luck finding one.\u00a0 If you do, they are going for 1000-1500 bucks on ebay last I looked. \u00a0 Is it worth that kind of money?\u00a0 Only the player can make that decision&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. Start saving your pennies&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let me know what you think in the comments below&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Thanks, Steve<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10490-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/DRLink.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/DRLink.mp3\">https:\/\/public.neffmusic.com\/DRLink.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong>Florida Double Ring Otto Link Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I&#8217;m reviewing an old 1950&#8217;s Florida Double Ring Otto Link Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece.\u00a0 It was originally a 5 tip opening but was opened up to a 7 or .100 tip opening at some point.\u00a0 These Florida double ring mouthpieces were made in the 1950&#8217;s by the Otto Link company.\u00a0 This mouthpiece I have is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":10491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1121,45],"tags":[140,160,156,658,117,265],"class_list":{"0":"post-10490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tenor-low-baffle-reviews","8":"category-tenor-mouthpieces","9":"tag-double-ring","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-otto-link","12":"tag-review","13":"tag-sax-mouthpiece","14":"tag-tenor-saxophone","15":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}