Mouthpiece for bass horn.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Probably mid 19th century

Description

Technical description: brass; semi-flat rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.25; intermediate cup shape; smoothly blended throat. Cup volume 5919; shape quotient 1.159. Overall size: length 87.5; external diameter 37.7. Sounding length: cup depth c 21. Bore: cup diameter 24.5; minimum diameter 5.6. Depth of taper: shank depth 35. Diameter of taper: maximum 13.4; minimum 11.1. No inscriptions. Lent with, possibly formerly used with and possibly supplied by manufacturer with bass horn in C (3305). 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, 3.6.95.

Measurements

length 87.5; external diameter 37.7.

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

3306