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Mouthpiece for saxhorn basse.

Technical description: Brass; flat rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.0; funnel cup shape with smoothly blended throat curvature.Cup volume 6973; shape quotient 1.192.

  • Date:
    Late 19th or early 20thcentury
  • Maker:
    Besson
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Paris/France
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  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:length 75.0; external diameter 39.3.