Mouthpiece.
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InstrumentMouthpiece ; Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument |
Instrument FamilyMouthpieces |
Date MadePossibly mid 19th century |
DescriptionTechnical description: Silver-plated brass; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.75; intermediate cup shape; maximum throat curvature 6. Cup volume 6860; shape quotient 1.461. Overall size: length 84.5; external diameter 38.6. Sounding length: cup depth 24.0. Bore: cup diameter 23.6; minimum diameter 6.0. Depth of taper: shank depth 45.7. Diameter of taper: maximum 13.1; minimum 11.7. No inscriptions. The silver plate has mostly been worn off. |
NotesArnold Myers, Aug 1995; Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990, R. Parks, 22.7.95. |
Measurementslength 84.5; external diameter 38.6. |
ProvenancePossibly the mouthpiece purchased by Professor John Donaldson from Deleuil with a `tin trumpet 16 feet in length' described in the 1852 `Catalogue of Apparatus purchased for the Music Classroom', item 28. |
CollectionReid Collection ; MIMEd |
Accession Number0623 |