Mouthpiece for cornett.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

(20th Century)

Description

Technical description: Hard plastic (meerschaum-coloured); round rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.5; intermediate, almost hemispherical cup shape; maximum throat curvature c 14.Cup volume 637; shape quotient 1.100. Overall size: length 37.5; external diameter 24.0. Sounding length: cup depth c 8; grain length c 8. Bore: cup diameter 14.7; minimum diameter 3.8. Depth of taper: shank depth 20.5. Diameter of taper: (hardly tapered) maximum 8.2; minimum 8.0. No inscriptions. Purchased by donor for use with cornettino (3587).

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 6.1.96.

Measurements

length 37.5; external diameter 24.0.

Provenance

Gift of W.R. Waterhouse.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3589