Rim width specs - Hammond Mouthpieces

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Anybody know the approx. rim width specs of the hammond mouthpieces from 12 & larger? Thank you!
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What exactly do you mean by "rim width?"

I can tell you that the 11's and 12's I have measured are .010 to .015 bigger than specs, as I measure inside diameter.
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Doug Elliott wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:08 pm What exactly do you mean by "rim width?"

I can tell you that the 11's and 12's I have measured are .010 to .015 bigger than specs, as I measure inside diameter.
I suppose I meant outside rim diameter.
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As a user, the 12 series tends to be Bach 5-ish.
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BrianJohnston wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:50 pm
Doug Elliott wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:08 pm What exactly do you mean by "rim width?"

I can tell you that the 11's and 12's I have measured are .010 to .015 bigger than specs, as I measure inside diameter.
I suppose I meant outside rim diameter.
Could it actually be that you're looking for the physical width of the rim itself? Outer Diameter (OD) minus Inner Diameter (ID), then that number divided by 2 gives you Rim Width (RW).

(OD-ID)÷2=RW

Maybe you already know this and just need the numbers to fill the blanks. If only I had a Hammond mouthpiece to measure... And a caliper...
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I measured a rim width of 6.53 mm for the 12 series with my digital caliper.
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That's .257 which is virtually the same as my standard tenor rims, .260.
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