Mouthpiece for alphorn.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Mid 20th Century

Description

Technical description: Wood; semi-flat rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.25; edged cup shape with tapered throat having minimum bore at c 6mm beyond bottom of cup. Cup volume 2391; shape quotient 1.319. Overall size: length 117.0; external diameter 30.7. Sounding length: cup depth 16. Bore: cup diameter 17.7; minimum diameter 3.8. Depth of taper: shank depth 60.5. Diameter of taper: maximum 17.8; minimum 11.8 Inked "18." on inside of cup. Purchased by lender with and probably formerly used with alphorn in G/Gb (3097). Specific usage history: Used by a player in an alphorn group in Basel.

Other Information

Specific usage history: Used by a player in an alphorn group in Basel.

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 25.8.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 117.0; external diameter 30.7.

Provenance

Purchased in Basel in 1989. ; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3098