Mouthpiece for trumpet.

Boosey and Hawkes

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Maker

Boosey and Hawkes

Place Made

Europe ; London ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Mid 20th Century

Description

Technical description: Silver-plated; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.5; almost hemispherical cup shape with rounded throat; maximum throat curvature 12. Cup volume 1056; shape quotient 1.196. Overall size: length 82.6; external diameter 26.9. Sounding length: cup depth 9.5. Bore: cup diameter 15.6; minimum diameter 4.0. Depth of taper: shank tapers smoothly to join rim of cup. Diameter of taper: minimum 9.7. Stamped on side of cup "N.C. / B. & H. LONDON".

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 26.8.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 82.6; external diameter 26.9.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

0882