Mouthpiece for valved bugle.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Late 19th or early 20th century

Description

Technical description: Brass, with clip for chain attachment; double cup; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.5; intermediate cup shape; maximum throat curvature 8.Cup volume 789; shape quotient 1.033. Overall size: length 71; external diameter 24.8. Sounding length: cup depth 8. Bore: cup diameter 15.2; minimum diameter 3.2. Depth of taper: shank depth 35.3. Diameter of taper: maximum 11.7; minimum 10.2. No inscriptions. Lent with and possibly formerly used with valved bugle (3299).

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 17.4.93 & 5.8.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995.

Measurements

length 71; external diameter 24.8.

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

3300