July 15, 2009 by Bruce Hembd

Archived under: Embouchure, General, Horn soloists, Performance & Playing, Rare/cool or just odd   |   Dennis Brain, Rare

Two Embouchures


Random comparison.

While watching the old Anvil Films movie of Dennis Brain playing the Beethoven Op. 17, something seemed a bit familiar.

While the angles of the mouthpiece are different, the slight folding over of the top lip onto the mouthpiece is similar. It is difficult draw any conclusions — the pictures are blurry — but at least at face value, there appears to be a similarity.

brain schneider embouchures Two Embouchures

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Two Embouchures
Published on July 15, 2009 by Bruce Hembd

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