Otto Link FL No USA 6* Tenor Piece Optimized

Here we have an Otto Link 6* no USA tenor piece.  This is a middle or later design of the no USA period with the slightly longer step baffle instead of the earlier roll-over design. This is the archetypal blue note hard bop tone machine.  I have done some gentle balancing and truing of this facing and tip rail.  The tip is around .100 (where it was originally.  It plays very clear and balanced and big with both definition and core.

Otto Link FL Slant Sig Original 6 Rarity

Here we have an Otto Link early FL original 6 facing, untouched and in amazing condition.  This is a wonderful rare and extremely fun and tonally complex piece in a very optimal size for the period these were made in.  original examples such as this are so very hard to find now.  Original milling on table and tip rails and baffle are just beautiful!

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Otto Link Slant Signature FL “W.T.” Tenor Mint Museum Piece

This is a once in a lifetime find, Otto Link Florida W.T. (Wolfe “Tayne” Tanenbaum) facing mint original condition tenor piece with original box. original milling marks visible on table and facing completely original and untouched without damage.  It measures right around .085 as these should. There is nothing really needed to say about this piece, everyone knows, the WT facings were designed for extra bright and power at a smaller facing, they are brighter.  It’s a super rare facing and a FL like this in mint condition, very few around.

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Dukoff Hollywood V-series Round Chamber 6* Specialty Tenor

This is a very very special piece, one which I ‘Marinated” and set up to perfection some decades back.  I used it as a main piece for gigging and recording on early MK VI and SBA which I was using at the time in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s.  I hand faced this to .095 to optimize its response and used it exclusively for a number of years.  This piece can be heard here, on 64xxx and 62xxx MK VI tenors for all except one or two tracks:

HYPNOTIQUE, 2002

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