Mouthpiece for trumpet.

Frederick Pace

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Maker

Frederick Pace

Date Made

Circa 1840

Description

Technical description: Brass with applied silver rim; semi-flat rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.0; hemispherical cup shape; maximum throat curvature 1. Cup volume 1801; shape quotient 1.398. Overall size: length 89; external diameter 30.4. Sounding length: cup depth 11; grain length c 29; backbore length c 48. Bore: cup diameter 17.3; minimum diameter 5.2. Depth of taper: shank depth 36.8. Diameter of taper: maximum 13.1; minimum 11.0. No inscriptions. Decorative features: Multiple bands of knurled/milled ornamentation. Lent with, possibly formerly used with and possibly supplied by manufacturer with valve trumpet in F etc (3286). 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, 27.02.93 & 29.8.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995.

Measurements

length 89; external diameter 30.4.

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

3287