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Mensurteil

English translation: mensure section

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German term or phrase:Mensurteil
English translation:mensure section
Entered by: Robin Salmon (X)

05:00 Mar 28, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / French horn, making
German term or phrase: Mensurteil
Die Endfertigung und Kalibrierung der konischen Mensurteile sowie der Zusammenbau der Instrumente erfolgt ausschließlich in der eigenen Werkstatt.

French horn making
Would "diapason parts" be it, or would that only be applicable to an organ?
Robin Salmon (X)
Australia
Local time: 03:27
mensure section
Explanation:
I don´t think "diapason" is used in connection with horns. "Mensur" is certainly "mensure". For brass wind instruments, this is the bore. For a horn it is conical - with that characteristic flaring out of the bell, where the horn player typically puts his hand in it while playing.

The tube is pretty long, when not coiled up, and can be assembled out of sections, so I assume this is what they mean with "Mensurteile" in the context of Zusammenbau - sections of the column which are put together. There is of course a bit of skill involved here: making the sections right to fit together to form a smoothly flaring column can´t be easy.

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Note added at 2003-03-28 05:13:54 (GMT)
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The Kalibrierung probably relates to that problem of fitting the sections together to form a flaring (coiled) column.

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Note added at 2003-03-28 05:18:15 (GMT)
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The Kalibrierung probably relates to that problem of fitting the sections together to form a flaring (coiled) column.
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Chris Rowson (X)
Local time: 19:27
Grading comment
Great answer, Chris, and how I needed it at the time! Thank you very much indeed.
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mensure section


Explanation:
I don´t think "diapason" is used in connection with horns. "Mensur" is certainly "mensure". For brass wind instruments, this is the bore. For a horn it is conical - with that characteristic flaring out of the bell, where the horn player typically puts his hand in it while playing.

The tube is pretty long, when not coiled up, and can be assembled out of sections, so I assume this is what they mean with "Mensurteile" in the context of Zusammenbau - sections of the column which are put together. There is of course a bit of skill involved here: making the sections right to fit together to form a smoothly flaring column can´t be easy.

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Note added at 2003-03-28 05:13:54 (GMT)
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The Kalibrierung probably relates to that problem of fitting the sections together to form a flaring (coiled) column.

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Note added at 2003-03-28 05:18:15 (GMT)
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The Kalibrierung probably relates to that problem of fitting the sections together to form a flaring (coiled) column.

Chris Rowson (X)
Local time: 19:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 768
Grading comment
Great answer, Chris, and how I needed it at the time! Thank you very much indeed.
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