Mouthpiece for trumpet.

Thomas Key

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Maker

Thomas Key

Date Made

Circa 1850

Description

Technical description: Brass with silver cup and rim; semi-flat rim contour; maximum bite curvature 0.75; hemispherical cup shape; sharp-edged throat. Cup volume 1686; shape quotient 1.344. Overall size: length 92.5; external diameter 27.8. Sounding length: cup depth 10.5. Bore: cup diameter 17.6; minimum diameter 5.1. Depth of taper: shank depth 46.0. Diameter of taper: maximum 13.6; minimum 10.7. No inscriptions. Purchased with, possibly formerly used with and possibly supplied by manufacturer with valve trumpet in F etc (226). Specific literature references: G.S. (1958) No. 56; G.S. (1968) No. 323. Illustration references: Vol. 1 p.149; Workshop drawing by Raymond Parks published by the Collection, 1999; exterior view on web at http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi

Notes

Raymond Parks, 1999, 26.8.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 92.5; external diameter 27.8.

Provenance

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

Collection

MIMEd ; Glen Collection

Accession Number

0650

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