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Mouthpiece for trumpet.

Technical description: Silver-plated brass; adjustable throat, having six plungers approximately 2.1mm diameter with conical tips protruding into the throat region. Minimum area rather less than half the maximum. Medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.0; intermediate cup shape; maximum throat curvature c15.Cup volume 1840; shape quotient 1.175.

  • Date:
    Late 19th or early 20th century
  • Maker:
    Barbe & Fils
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Nord-Pas-de-Calais/France
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  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:length 68.5; external diameter 27.5.