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MODEL |
Default BORE SIZES |
DEPTH |
AVAIL.BACKBORE Explain backbore (click) | HORN |
CHARACTERISTICS |
| A | 11 | 23,7mm | A (default), C | Conn, Hoyer Heritage Kruspe, Holton, Yamaha, Paxman, King | Med/Dark, full tone. Outstanding in many horns not listed. |
| AH | 12 | VDeep |
SPL. |
Conn 8D, Hoyer Heritage, Kruspe, Merker, Paxman, King | Dark, from original 1928 Anton Horner mouthpiece, deep double cup. Huge tone, limited edge. Also excellent in Natural Horns. |
| AL | 2 | VDeep |
SPL. |
Conn 8D, Merker, others | Dark, powerful and larger cup than Chambers. Largest Moosewood; rich & smooth sound...like chocolate mousse. |
| B | 12 | 21,4mm | A (default), B, C | Hill, Geyer, Lewis, Alexander, HeGa, Holton, Paxman, Conn, Duerk | Original Thomas Greer Model. Most widely-requested Moosewood mouthpiece. |
| Busby | 10 | Deep |
SPL. |
Conn 6D, Raoux piston horns, Natural Horns | After original English Thomas Busby (CLICK) mouthpiece, very narrow rim. Authentic early-20th Century sound. Special order. |
| BV (B16) | 16 | 21,4mm | A | Geyer, Holton, E. Schmid, Alexander, Conn 8D, Paxman 25L, Hoyer heritage | Bill VerMeulen (click) Model. Outstanding solo & chamber music mouthpiece. |
| BA | 16 | 21,4mm | A | Alexander 103, 200-Jahr model & others. | Model B16, German stem taper for Alex & other German horns. |
| BD | 20 | MShallow | D | Descant horns | Best response in high register, Baroque performance, chamber music. |
| BR | 14 | MDeep | A (default), B, C | Hill, Geyer, Lewis, Alexander, E. Schmid, Hoyer Heritage | Frank Brouk model, large diameter cup, very flexible. |
| BW | 12 | 21,4mm | A (default), B, C | Hill, Geyer, Lewis, Alexander, HeGa, Conn, Hoyer Heritage | As model B, but with Large -diameter cup. Very popular. |
| C | 8 | 25,4mm |
A (default), C, E, F |
Conn, Kruspe, Yamaha/Kruspe, Holton, Eroica, Rauch, Hoyer Heritage | J. Chambers. (click)From 1950 original. Dark, powerful, esp. good choice for orchestral/studio playing. |
| C "nsp" | 1, 2 | 25,4mm |
SPL. |
Conn, Hoyer Heritage | All-time secret formula. Smoothest-responding studio mouthpiece on the planet. |
| D | 6 | 28,5mm |
A (default), C, E, F |
Conn, Eroica, Kruspe, Hoyer Heritage, Paxman New World, Holton Merker | Very deep, smaller cup volume than model AL. Very flexible. |
| E5 | 5 | Med. | A | Conn 8D, Merker, Paxman, Hoyer Heritage | Medium depth, large bore, with very quick response, powerful Fortes, easy Pianos. Ideal orchestral/Studio mouthpiece |
| DB | 11 | Deep | SPL. | Most horns, excellent for Bb horns. | Deep, from Dennis Brain's Busby mouthpiece, passed on to P. Farkas, Leighton Jones. Original DB rim also available. |
| F | 12 | 22,1mm | A | Conn, Holton, Paxman, Rauch, Hoyer Heritage | Synthesis of Farkas and Tuckwell cups. Excellent solo & chamber mouthpiece. |
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NCA,NCB, LDM (Click to view Natural Horn mpc. page |
Natural Horns | ||||
| L8 | 8 | MDeep |
L (original, long bore) A (med. length bore) |
Conn 8D, Kruspe, Hoyer Heritage | Jeffrey Lang
(Philadelphia) Model, Medium-deep Chambers variant. Flexible & potent.
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| JA | 8 | Med. |
A |
Conn 8D, Merker, Kruspe | Jim Atkinson Model. Favorite solo mouthpiece of this well-known LA studio musician. Farkas cup variant. |
| R* | 12 | Deep | Spl. "R" backbore | F. Schmidt, piston-change doubles, Hill-Schmidt | Viennese cup, convex, very smooth tone |
| OTM | 12 | Med | A | All horns | Re-creation of the famed Pottag 6D; outstanding mouthpiece! |
| Viennese Underparts | <<< click link | * | * | Kimura, HeGa, Alex, etc. | For several classic and modern Vienna Horns: Traditional contours. |
| Dell'Osa cups | click link | ||||
| T-REX (pic) | 5 | MD | SPL | Tenor Horns (not for marching mellophones) | Tenor horn underpart fitted to standard French horn screw-rims. Jurassic Dynamite! |
| T-Rex | 16 | MS | SPL | Patterson M-Mellophone | Special dyno-mite cup, takes horn rims, to fit horn leadpipe of Patterson M-Mellophone. |
*Models not listed, but available on request: RB, RBS (modern Viennese contours), BL.
Fit of the mouthpiece in your horn
(Click) Standard, Cartouche, Standard with Delrin rim
Some models are available for 2-week trial. Call
$85, Standard weight, silverplate, $75 brass.
Paxman, Lawson threads $15 extra.
Other models available: Call