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Re: Mouthpieces & (small) bore diffs

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2019-08-22 23:52

The B&H 926 bore of 15.05 mm that is parallel throughout the barrel, upper joint and down the lower joint until the flare starts.

Strictly speaking it needs a slightly different bore mouthpiece than a French bore instrument, however I hear of players getting OK results with a standard french style mouthpiece on the 926 and equally I knew a professional player in a BBC orchestra who used his 926 mouthpiece when he switched to R13s.

Incidentally the Eaton International has a bore of 14.8 mm, so between the 926 size and the RC/R13 sizes.

There is absolutely no connection between the design of the Buffet RC (designed in France by Caree) and the B&H 926, designed in the early 1940s in the UK.

As the previous posters have said, the only true test is to play the various combination and see what works for you.

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