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Stock or modified?

His entire horn was custom; a 16m before Bach made a 16m.

At the time Watrous’ horn was put together, Bach didn’t make a straight .508 horn, so the leadpipe certainly wasn’t a stock Bach pipe...

Andrew

You mean his, or the 16M production model?

His. I recall it being said that Bill’s personal horn had a more open gooseneck (later added to the standard models) and maybe Sam B talking about Peppinato (sp?) tweaking the 11C Bill played. I kind of wonder if Bach leadpipes were a weak spot in the design.

Bill used a leadpipe maybe a couple inches long. Very open. Something like it is in the production models as well.

Thanks Bob.