Mouthpiece for néocor,

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Possibly 19th century

Description

Technical description: Brass; narrow medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.25; deep funnel cup shape with smoothly blended throat. Cup volume 1900; shape quotient 1.208. Overall size: length 55.7; external diameter 26.5. Sounding length: cup depth c 15. Bore: cup diameter 17.7; minimum diameter 4.3. Depth of taper: shank depth 29.9. Diameter of taper: maximum 10.8; minimum 8.7. No inscriptions. Purchased by lender with, and probably formerly used with néocor in F etc (3350), but not a good fit.

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 02.10.93 & 18.11.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995.

Measurements

length 55.7; external diameter 26.5.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3351