Mouthpiece for ophicleide.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Circa 1850

Description

Technical description: silver-plated brass; flat rim contour; maximum bite curvature 0.75; deep funnel cup shape; smoothly blended throat. Cup volume 7901; shape quotient 1.050. Overall size: length 73.7; external diameter 34.7. Sounding length: cup depth 33. Bore: cup diameter 26.2; minimum diameter 7.2. Depth of taper: shank depth 35.8. Diameter of taper: maximum 12.6; minimum 11.0. No inscriptions. Lent with, probably formerly used with and possibly supplied by manufacturer with serpentcleide in C (3313). Illustration references: Workshop drawing by Raymond Parks published by the Collection, 1999; exterior view on web at http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/

Notes

Arnold Myers, Aug 1995; R. Parks, 16.5.95.

Measurements

length 73.7; external diameter 34.7.

Provenance

Formerly on loan to the Collection. ; Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax by HM Government in 2025 from the estate of John William Phillips and allocated to The Musical Instrument Collection, University of Edinburgh

Collection

MIMEd ; Shaw-Hellier Collection

Accession Number

3314