I don’t have access to the illustrations mentioned. But I wrote the company history booklet for the celebration of the I. K. Gottfried company’s celebration of its second centennial jubilee in 1996. During the research and also through my being a customer since 1961, I have seen just about all of the available documentation.
The IKG horn mouthpieces that I know of weren’t turned from a blank. The cup was cut from sheet brass, folded over a mandrel, and soldered together. The rim also was cut from sheet brass and soldered to the cup. I am not entirely sure about the stem, but I seem to remember it was the same piece of brass as the cup. Klaus ________________________________ From: William Foss <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, March 10, 2011 1:21:10 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Holton Farkas XDC mouthpiece From the May 2005 Horn Call: "Wilhelm Lanzky Otto's mouthpiece made by J.K. Gottfried in Copenhagen; he used this mouthpiece his entire career. A copy of this mouthpiece is manufactured by the F. Holton company as their model XDC (rim altered). (p.31)" There is a picture with the dimensions listed also. No word on why the Holton company changed the rim. William Foss On Mar 9, 2011, at 3:44 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Wes Hatch probably has more info on this, but my understanding was that the > XDC was supposed to be a copy of a Viennese natural horn mouthpiece. My > believe is that the rim was too "Americanized" and made to be too round and > too thick. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yorkmasterbbb%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
