Mouthpiece for soprano cornet.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Place Made

Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Third quarter of the 20th century

Description

Technical description: Silver-plated; deep rim exterior; round rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.5; shallow hemispherical cup shape with tapered throat; maximum throat curvature c 6.Cup volume 543; shape quotient 1.108. Overall size: length 56.7; external diameter of body 27.5; of rim 26.7. Sounding length: cup depth 8. Bore: cup diameter 15.1; minimum diameter 3.6. Depth of taper: shank depth 27.4. Diameter of taper: maximum 10.1; minimum 8.8. Stamped "Al Cass / Milford Mass" on side of rim, "3 x 2" on stem, and at top of shank "MADE IN ENGLAND".

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 21.11.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995.

Measurements

length 56.7; external diameter of body 27.5; of rim 26.7.

Provenance

ex- Sandy Blair collection. ; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3508