![]() ![]() ![]() The rest of the engraving and painting looks fine. You can see this in the first photo of the review as well as the last photo. The lettering is painted white but the white coloring on the “Otto Link” is not perfect and parts of the engraving were either not painted or the white paint flaked off somehow. There is a scroll band that circles the body of the mouthpiece and the top of the mouthpiece has “Otto Link” and “Tone Edge EB” engraved into the hard rubber. The Otto Link EB Connoisseur tenor sax mouthpiece looked like you would expect a hard rubber Otto Link tenor sax mouthpiece to look. All the mouthpieces were packaged well and came with metal ligatures and mouthpiece caps. I received the 7* Otto Link Early Babbitt Connoisseur tenor saxophone mouthpiece directly from JJ Babbitt along with two of the NY Meyer Brothers Connoisseur alto saxophone mouthpieces in a 7 and 8 tip opening. Usually, I have found these Early Babbitt tenor mouthpieces to be great examples of hard rubber tenor sax mouthpieces that could sound great on a jazz gig but also rip a respectable solo on a pop or funk gig when pushed because of their added power and brightness. The Otto Link Early Babbitt tenor saxophone mouthpieces I have played have indeed been louder and brighter than the Otto Link Slant Signature models and replicas I have tried over the years. The added baffle in the original Early Babbitt tenor sax mouthpieces gave more brightness and power to the sound so that you could perhaps hear yourself and be heard over the many electronic instruments being played in the 70’s. I have heard people say that this extra rollover baffle was added to compete with the electronic instruments being used in the 70’s. The hard rubber Otto Link Tone Edge Early Babbitt mouthpieces that were made in the 70’s were known for having a bit more baffle than the previous Otto Link Slant Signature hard rubber tenor saxophone mouthpieces. Otto Link Tone Edge Early Babbitt Connoisseur Series Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece I have played quite a few hard rubber Early Babbitt tenor saxophone mouthpieces over the years and am very excited to try one of these new hard rubber Otto Link Connoisseur Early Babbitt tenor saxophone mouthpieces out! Made from our own original compounded rubber, molded in the original molds and cores, vulcanized to the original specifications and manually machined and hand finished just as they were from 1975 to 1979, these are true Early Babbitt tenors. “This EB (Early Babbitt) model is not redesigned, not retooled, and not reimagined in any way. The Connoisseur EB (Early Babbitt) tenor saxophone mouthpieces are advertised as being from the same molds as the original hard rubber Otto Link Early Babbitt tenor sax mouthpieces as described in this quote from the JJ Babbitt website: Today, I am reviewing the new Otto Link Early Babbitt remake connoisseur series tenor saxophone mouthpiece made by JJ Babbitt. ![]()
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