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Mouthpiece for french horn.

Technical description: Brass with silver rim; Three-part construction: the brass rim is soldered to the brass body, and covered with thin sheet silver. The brass components are made to accommodate the silver covering. The body is thin enough to be of sheet brass, there is no evidence of a longitudinal seam although the seam between cup and rim is visible.Narrow fitting; round rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.25; cuspoid cup shape.Cup volume 3137; shape quotient 0.654.

  • Date:
    Circa 1830
  • Maker:
    Possibly J.G. Kersten
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Possibly Saxony
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  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:length 66.7; external diameter 23.0.