Mouthpiece for cornopean (?).

Kohler

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Instrument

Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Maker

Kohler

Place Made

England ; London ; United Kingdom ; Europe

Date Made

Mid 19th Century

Description

Technical description: Brass; narrow semi-flat rim contour; maximum bite curvature 0.75; deep intermediate, almost conical, cup shape with smoothly blended throat. Cup volume 1908; shape quotient 1.146. Overall size: length 59.4; external diameter 24.4. Sounding length: cup depth c 17. Bore: cup diameter 16.8; minimum diameter 4.7. Depth of taper: shank depth 26.7. Diameter of taper: maximum 11.8; minimum 10.8. Stamped at top of shank "KOH... / LONDON", inscription now barely legible. Purchased with cornopean (217). Illustration references: Workshop drawing by Raymond Parks published by the Collection, 1999; exterior view on web at http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi

Notes

Raymond Parks, 1999, 25.8.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 59.4; external diameter 24.4.

Provenance

Purchased in 1983 with assistance from the Government's Local Museums Purchase Fund and the University's General Council Trust.

Collection

Glen Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0642