OTTO LINK Four**** (1935-1940)

Otto Link realeased the "Four****" metal mouthpiece in 1935.  They were pretty much the same mouthpiece as the "Master Link" internally, with some minor changes made to the exterior of the mouthpiece. 

 


Charecteristics of Four****:

  • Facing number on bottom of table
  • "Otto Link Co.Inc New York, NY" machining around chamber
  • Four**** stamp at top of body

 

The ligatures also changed near the end of production of the "Master Link".  They changed the ligs from the previous slide on style ligs which slid into ridges, to a lig that is similar to that which is used today.  It had the one screw on top, and wrapped around the body of the mouthpiece.  The plate on the lig that holds the reeds on the mouthpiece was also pretty thick, and tended to make the sound kind of stuffy.  Otto Link also paralleled its production of these mouthpieces with their first attempts at a hard rubber mouthpiece.  The Otto Link "New York Slant Signature" series was pretty much an exact copy of the "Four****" just in hard rubber form.

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Otto Link realeased the "Four****" metal mouthpiece in 1935.  They were pretty much the same mouthpiece as the "Master Link" internally, with some minor changes made to the exterior of the mouthpiece. 

 


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