Mouthpiece for french horn.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Late 19th or early 20th century

Description

Technical description: Brass; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.0; cuspoid cup shape. Cup volume 3338; shape quotient 0.899. Overall size: length 69.2; external diameter 25.0. Sounding length: cup depth c 46. Bore: cup diameter 16.1; minimum diameter 5.5. Depth of taper: shank depth 30.8. Diameter of taper: maximum 8.9; minimum 6.7. No inscriptions. Purchased by lender with but probably not formerly used with Ventilwaldhorn (2155).

Notes

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

Measurements

length 69.2; external diameter 25.0.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

2156