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Mouthpiece for clairon basse (bass bugle).

Technical description: brass; round rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.5; intermediate cup shape; smoothly-rounded throat.Cup volume 5988; shape quotient 1.162.

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    Second half of the 19thcentury
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    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Probably France
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  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:length 75.1; external diameter 37.0.