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Mouthpiece for mellohorn (?).

Technical description: Silver-plated; suit tenor cor or ballad horn; semi-round rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.5; deep conical cup shape with smoothly blended throat.Cup volume 2390; shape quotient 1.000.

  • Date:
    Circa 1980
  • Maker:
    Nikkan
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Japan
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  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:length 76.0; external diameter 27.6.