Mouthpiece for french horn.

Köhler

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Maker

Köhler

Place Made

England ; United Kingdom ; Europe ; London

Date Made

Probably February 1856

Description

Technical description: Brass; narrow fitting; round rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.25; cuspoid cup shape. Cup volume 4071; shape quotient 0.891. Overall size: length 61.9; external diameter 23.4. Sounding length: cup depth c 55. Bore: cup diameter 16.9; minimum diameter 6.0. Depth of taper: shank tapers smoothly to join rim of cup. Diameter of taper: minimum 6.7. No inscriptions. Probably purchased with and probably supplied by manufacturer with sectional french horn (490). Illustration references: Workshop drawing by Raymond Parks published by the Collection, 1999; exterior view on web at http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi

Notes

Raymond Parks, 1999, May 1995 & 16.8.95; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 61.9; external diameter 23.4.

Provenance

Probably purchased by Professor John Donaldson for the Music Classroom, University of Edinburgh, from John Köhler, 35 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, 8 February 1856 with sectional horn (490).

Collection

Reid Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0656

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