Vincent Bach Personal Mouthpiece Examples
Below are examples of what are presumed to be Vincent Bach’s mouthpieces in various forms. The cornet example below matches a similar style to Bach’s cornet mouthpiece made for Vicent’s daughter.
An interesting trumpet mouthpiece in the BachLoyalist collection is from before 1922 (pre-Corporation). This trumpet mouthpiece is a model 1C, and is marked with V. B. (Vincent Bach) and was most likely one of Vincent’s personal mouthpieces that he used when playing trumpet solos at various venues.
In the photos below, the Vincent Bach personal trumpet mouthpiece is the brighter silver version.
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- Cornet (Left)
- Trumpet (Right)
VINCENT BACH, NEW YORK
V. B.
1C
source: from the BachLoyalist collection
An interesting cornet mouthpiece (nickel silver) in the BachLoyalist collection is a cornet mouthpiece from the late 1920s/early 1930s. This cornet mouthpiece is marked with V. B. (Vincent Bach) and was most likely one of Vincent’s mouthpieces that he used when playing cornet solos at various venues.
source: from the collection of Andrew Cornell An interesting cornet mouthpiece (nickel silver) in the BachLoyalist collection is a cornet mouthpiece from the late 1920s/early 1930s. This cornet mouthpiece is marked with V. B. (Vincent Bach) and was most likely one of Vincent’s mouthpieces that he used when playing cornet solos at various venues.
Vincent Bach Personal Cornet Mouthpiece (Nickel Silver)
VINCENT BACH CORP., NEW YORK
1 1/4C
7C
V. B.
source: from the BachLoyalist collection
It was missing when we received the rim, so we had J. Landress Brass create a replacement top rim following the manufacturing practices and the style of other known early Bach New York mouthpieces from that era. Below are photos of the cornet mouthpiece and images of the new rim being hand-machined at Josh Landress Brass.
source: from the BachLoyalist collection
Another Bach loyalist with similar markings sold a similar trumpet example a few years ago to a European customer. That mouthpiece was stamped 1 1/2 and 6D on the underpart, with a V. B. identification.
