Master Link Alto 5* "Four *** Model" slant Selmer 'Soloist' F alto sax

Selmer 'Soloist' F alto sax mouthpiece

Early manufacturers would often put something known as a 'French curve' on their mouthpieces which included a concavity in the table

Selmer began producing these long shanked pieces in the 1960's in an effort to help the user with intonation

the facing curve

Ted began designing and producing his revolutionary Acoustimax design sometime around 2008-9 and they started appearing more and more by 2010

Master Link Alto 5* "Four *** Model" slant Selmer 'Soloist' F alto saxHere is an original condition Otto Link "Master Link" Four Star Model. This piece measures . 055" on my gauge. These are among the earliest brass pieces finished and sold under the Otto Link name when the vogue in design was to have a very large chamber that suited the instrument design of the 1930's. This one has its matching ligature which are increasingly difficult to find. While this piece is original I notice some wear at the table from many