Mouthpiece for tenor horn.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Probably mid 20th century

Description

Technical description: Silver-plated brass; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.5; deep conical cup shape; maximum throat curvature c 16. Cup volume 3067; shape quotient 1.114. Overall size: length 69.2; external diameter 30.1. Sounding length: cup depth 24. Bore: cup diameter 18.8; minimum diameter 4.3. Depth of taper: shank depth 34.6. Diameter of taper: maximum 11.9; minimum 10.1. No inscriptions. Purchased with tenor horn in Eb (197).

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 23.9.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 69.2; external diameter 30.1.

Provenance

Purchased in 1983 with assistance from the Government's Local Museums Purchase Fund and the University's General Council Trust.

Collection

Glen Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0629