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MODEL |
Default BORE SIZES |
DEPTH |
AVAIL.BACKBORE Explain backbore (click) | HORN |
CHARACTERISTICS |
| A | 11 | M/D | A (default), C | Conn, Hoyer Heritage Kruspe, Holton, Yamaha, Paxman, King | Med/Dark, full tone. Outstanding in many horns not listed. |
| AH | 12 | VD | 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. Link to Siegfried Horn Call, Horner in 1912 |
| AL | 2 | VD | SPL. | Conn 8D, Merker, others | Dark, powerful and larger cup than Chambers. Largest Moosewood; rich & smooth sound...like chocolate mousse. |
| B | 12 | M | A (default), B, C | Hill, Geyer, Lewis, Alexander, HeGa, Holton, Paxman, Conn, Duerk | Original Thomas Greer Model. Most widely-requested Moosewood mouthpiece. |
| Busby | 10 | D | 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. |
| B16 | 16 | M | A | Geyer, Holton, E. Schmid, Alexander, Conn 8D, Paxman 25L, Hoyer heritage | Bill VerMeulen (click) Model. Outstanding solo & chamber music mouthpiece. |
| BA | 16 | M | A | Alexander 103, 200-Jahr model & others. | Model B16, German stem taper for Alex & other German horns. |
| BD | 20 | MS | D | Descant horns | Best response in high register, Baroque performance, chamber music. |
| BR | 14 | MD | A (default), B, C | Hill, Geyer, Lewis, Alexander, E. Schmid, Hoyer Heritage | Frank Brouk model, large diameter cup, very flexible. |
| BW | 12 | M | A (default), B, C | Hill, Geyer, Lewis, Alexander, HeGa, Conn, Hoyer Heritage | As model B, but with Large -diameter cup. Very popular. |
| C | 8 | D | 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 | D | SPL. | Conn, Hoyer Heritage | All-time secret formula. Smoothest-responding studio mouthpiece on the planet. |
| D | 6 | VD | 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 | M | A | Conn 8D, Merker, Paxman, Hoyer Heritage | Medium depth, large bore, with very quick response, powerful Fortes, easy Pianos. Ideal orchestral/Studio mouthpiece |
| F | 12 | MD | A | Conn, Holton, Paxman, Rauch, Hoyer Heritage | Synthesis of Farkas and Tuckwell cups. Excellent solo & chamber mouthpiece. |
| NCA,NCB (Click to view Natural Horn mpc. page | Natural Horns | ||||
| L8 | 8 | MD | L (original, long bore), A (med. length bore) | Conn 8D, Kruspe, Hoyer Heritage | Jeffrey Lang (Philadelphia) Model, Medium-deep Chambers variant. Flexible & potent. |
| JA | 8 | M | A | Conn 8D, Merker, Kruspe | Jim Atkinson Model. Favorite solo mouthpiece of this well-known LA studio musician. Farkas cup variant. |
| R* | 12 | D | Spl. "R" backbore | F. Schmidt, piston-change doubles, Hill-Schmidt | Viennese cup, convex, very smooth tone |
| 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! |
*Models not listed, but available on request: RB, RBS (modern Viennese contours), BL.
(Click) Standard, Cartouche, Standard with Delrin rim
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$80, Standard weight, silverplate, $70 brass.
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