Mouthpiece for bugle.

Potter

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Maker

Potter

Place Made

London ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Late 19th or early 20th century

Description

Technical description: German silver; semi-flat rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.0; intermediate cup shape; maximum throat curvature 8.Cup volume 1294; shape quotient 1.091. Overall size: length 54.5; external diameter 26.5. Sounding length: cup depth 11. Bore: cup diameter 17.3; minimum diameter 4.4. Depth of taper: shank depth 27.3. Diameter of taper: maximum 13.0; minimum 10.9. Stamped at top of shank taper "POTTER / LONDON". Lent with natural trumpet in E♭ (3284).

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 13.02.93 & 12.8.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995.

Measurements

length 54.5; external diameter 26.5.

Provenance

Formerly on loan to the Collection. ; Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax by HM Government in 2025 from the estate of John William Phillips and allocated to The Musical Instrument Collection, University of Edinburgh

Collection

MIMEd ; Shaw-Hellier Collection

Accession Number

3285