Mouthpiece for french horn.

Boosey and Hawkes

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Maker

Boosey and Hawkes

Place Made

London ; England ; United Kingdom ; Europe

Date Made

Mid 20th Century

Description

Technical description; silver plated brass; round rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.0; conical cup shape; smoothly blended throat. Cup volume 2294; shape quotient 0.832. Overall size: length 66.4; external diameter 23.0. Sounding length: cup depth c 47. Bore: cup diameter 14.8; minimum diameter 4.8. Depth of taper: shank tapers smoothly to join rim of cup. Diameter of taper: minimum 6.9. Stamped on side of cup "B & H / AB", possibly indicating an `Aubrey Brain' model. Given with and possibly formerly used with orchestral horn (532).

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, May 1995 & 16.8.95; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 66.4; external diameter 23.0.

Provenance

Gift of R.W. Pickford, 1982.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

0663