Mouthpiece for trumpet.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Probably late 19th century

Description

Technical description: Brass; shallow cup and narrow bore; semi-flat rim contour; maximum bite curvature 0.75; hemispherical cup shape with sharp-edged throat. Cup volume 1393; shape quotient 1.424. Overall size: length 92.7; external diameter 26.4. Sounding length: cup depth 9.5; grain length c 17; backbore length c 66. Bore: cup diameter 17.2; minimum diameter 3.5. Depth of taper: shank depth 52.6. Diameter of taper: maximum 12.7; minimum 9.9. No inscriptions. Purchased by lender with and possibly formerly used with bugle horn in D (915).

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 2.9.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 92.7; external diameter 26.4.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd ; Mickleburgh Collection

Accession Number

0916