Date of vintage mouthpiece?

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TrombonesRuleTheWorld
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Date of vintage mouthpiece?

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Hi, my dad had an old mouthpiece. A reynolds 8-a. I know the company to my knowledge stopped production in 1979. Just how old is this mouthpiece???

I don’t have a mouthpiece with me rn but I found a picture online.
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My guess is 1950s to 1960s.
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TrombonesRuleTheWorld wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:34 pm Hi, my dad had an old mouthpiece. A reynolds 8-a. I know the company to my knowledge stopped production in 1979. Just how old is this mouthpiece???
I had a Reynolds 8A mouthpiece that worked pretty well with a 1958 Reynolds Contempora 35 (0.520" bore w/ F-attachment). [Since sold and no longer in my possession.] This piece is probably a similar vintage.
Specs: ~ 24.75mm Cup I.D.; 5.94mm Throat. It fit the oversize Reynolds receiver perfectly. (Standard small shank mouthpieces will typically drop in too far.)
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