Leadpipe
Part of a brass instrument that receives the mouthpiece / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the component of brass musical instruments. For the type of plumbing, see Lead pipe.
In a brass instrument, a leadpipe or mouthpipe is the pipe or tube into which the mouthpiece is placed.
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For example, on the illustration of a trombone, the leadpipe would be between #3 and #4, the mouthpiece and the slide lock ring. In the illustration of a French horn, the leadpipe is #2.