Mouthpiece for bass horn.
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InstrumentMouthpiece ; Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument |
Instrument FamilyMouthpieces |
Date MadeCirca 1825 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Ivory cup with brass-sleeved tapered shank; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.75; hemispherical cup shape; sharp-edged throat. Cup volume 12258; shape quotient 1.750. Overall size: length 84.9; external diameter 39.2. Sounding length: cup depth 27.5. Bore: cup diameter 27.8; minimum diameter 5.6. Depth of taper: shank depth 43.5. Diameter of taper: maximum 15.5; minimum 12.6. No inscriptions. Purchased with and possibly formerly used with bass horn in C (193). Illustration references: Vol. 1 p.152, p.125 with instrument (193); Workshop drawing by Raymond Parks published by the Collection, 1999; exterior view on web at http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/ |
NotesR. Parks, 3.6.95; Arnold Myers, Aug 1995; Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990. |
Measurementslength 84.9; external diameter 39.2. |
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 with assistance from the Government's Local Museums Purchase Fund and the University's General Council Trust. |
CollectionGlen Collection ; MIMEd |
Accession Number0627 |