Mouthpiece for cornet.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Place Made

Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Third quarter of the 20th century

Description

Technical description: Silver-plated; deep rim exterior; shallow cup; round rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.5; hemispherical cup shape with tapered throat having minimum bore at c 6mm beyond bottom of cup. maximum throat curvature c 6.Cup volume 544; shape quotient 1.095. Overall size: length 56.7; external diameter 27.5. Sounding length: cup depth 8. Bore: cup diameter 15.2; minimum diameter 3.6. Depth of taper: shank depth 27.3. Diameter of taper: maximum 10.0; minimum 8.9. Stamped on side of rim "Al Cass / Milford Mass", on stem "3 x 1", and at top of shank taper "MADE IN ENGLAND".

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 11.11.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995.

Measurements

length 56.7; external diameter 27.5.

Provenance

ex- Sandy Blair collection. ; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3509