Model:  Metal Jazz

Sax:  alto, tenor, baritone

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Description:  On the left is a 4* alto metal model. Below are tenor models (with a Wagner ligature made in Germany). The facing of WT mouthpieces can be stamped either on the side, table, or shank. Note the straight side walls of the chamber.

Wolf Taninbaum was a CBS and NBC staff musician who also performed as a solo artist with orchestras such as Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey and Les Brown under the stage name Wolf Tayne. Striving for the perfect sound, he developed saxophone reeds (among them the first synthetic reeds in 1952) and mouthpieces. Some of his unique mouthpiece facings were applied to Otto Link blanks, which are the sought after ‘W.T.’ Otto Link models. Copies of these mouthpieces are now produced by Bari (see the ‘Bari’ link). A series of Wolf Tayne mouthpieces featured below is distributed by the JJ Babbit company.

Wolf Tayne

The metal tenor mouthpiece shown here has a smaller bite plate compared to the mouthpieces above. The tip opening is stamped on the table.