1980s ARB Great Neck Original "Hard Rubber" .108" tip hardwood Top quality rubber and geometry

Top quality rubber and geometry result in an enduring classic in the American tradition

What I was told is that it was bought from Bob Ackerman's Progressive Winds shop in the late 90's

Kirk MacDonald and was played extensively by him

The "Super" Tone Master was the next evolution of brass mouthpieces produced by Otto Link beginning in the 1950's

This one has its matching ligature which are increasingly difficult to find

1980s ARB Great Neck Original "Hard Rubber" .108" tip hardwood Top quality rubber and geometryHere is a vintage ARB "Great Neck Original 6*" hard rubber tenor piece. This piece has been opened from . 103" to . 108" by Sebastian Knox. The ARB in the name stands for Arnold Ross Brillhart, one of the pioneers of American saxophone mouthpiece manufacturing. His career in design and manufacture went back to the 1930's and continued until his death in the 1980's. In the late 1970's Brilhart partnered with his former employee and friend, Elmer