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Mouthpiece for bugle.

Technical description: Brass. Probably for display rather than performance; opens into a chamber below cup and narrows again before tapered insert; very large bore; narrow semi-round rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.5; intermediate cup shape; smoothly blended throat.Cup volume 1871; shape quotient 1.209.

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    Probably early 20th century
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    University of Edinburgh
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  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:length 79.6; external diameter 21.8.