Slant sig question

[sw3119]

I'm trying to find out a little more about an Otto Link Slant Sig piece.



this pic is not my mpc, but very similar. the one big difference I see is that the 'chain link' scroll that goes around the middle of the piece is much bigger on the pictured piece than the one I have, but the rest of the piece looks almost identical.

It is with a early 50's King Zephyr

[SaxColossusJR]

I am pretty sure thats an "eburnated bar" link.

here's what theo says:

"In the 1930s, the first hard rubber mouthpiece by Otto Link started production. They were less expensive versions of the metal mouthpieces; a budget line so to speak. They had the largest chamber in the history of rubber Otto Links, and the lowest baffle. Interestingly, they tended to play best with small tip openings. The serial numbers and tip openings were marked on the table. They had Otto Link written at an angle across the back of the mouthpiece with a pretty chain link band going around the largest portion of the body. They also sported an attractive machined shank, matching the look of their metal mouthpieces."

[Connical]

My clarinet slant sig has small links that make up the chain also. Mine are much smaller than the "L" in " Link ". The pictured version has large links almost the size of the "L" in "Link " .