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“A” Models have very deep cups,
#24 backbores, and emit a large,
dark sound.
Models with no letter designation
have deep cups, #10 backbores,
and produce a rich, full, clear tone.
“B” Models have medium deep cups,
#7 backbores, and have a full,
Teutonic tone with great volume.
“C” Models have medium cups,
#10 backbores, and are preferred by
many players that alternate between
B
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, C and D trumpet.
“D” Models have medium-shallow
cups, #76 backbores, and produce
a sparkling, brilliant tone, especially
in the high register. Artists who
continually play in the extreme high
register use them to advantage.
“E” Models have shallow cups, #117
backbores, and are designed for use
on soprano and piccolo trumpets.
Also preferred by extreme high
register players.
“F” Models have extra-shallow
cups, #76 backbores, and are
also preferred by extreme high
register players.
“V” Models have V style cups. “V”
designates a very deep cup, #20
throat, and #25 backbore; “MV”
designates a medium deep cup,
#25 throat, and #25 backbore; “SV”
designates a shallow cup, #25 throat,
and #25 backbore.
“W” Models have a wide, cushion rim
for soft, thick lips.
Key To Trumpet,
Cornet and Fluegelhorn
Model Numbers
Bach trumpet, cornet and fluegelhorn
mouthpieces have been numbered in
an orderly progression from the largest
to the smallest diameters and from the
deepest to the most shallow cup, each
with a choice of rim designs.
Rim shape is described for each indi-
vidual model throughout the catalog.
Model numbers progress numerically
from model #1 with the largest cup
diameter, to model #20C with the
smallest cup diameter.
Cup depths are notated with letters.
“A” cups are the deepest; standard cups
have no letter designation; progressively
shallower cups are marked B through F.