Mouthpiece for tenor horn.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Late 19th or early 20th centuryOverall size : length 66.9; external diameter 29.1.

Description

Technical description: Brass; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.25; intermediate, almost conical, cup shape with smoothly blended throat. Cup volume 3084; shape quotient 1.110. Overall size : length 66.9; external diameter 29.1. Sounding length: cup depth c 22; grain length 0; backbore length l. Bore: cup diameter 18.9; minimum diameter 5.1 at c 26. Depth of taper: shank depth c 33. Diameter of taper: maximum 11.4; minimum 9.6. No inscriptions. Purchased by lender with tenor horn (4068).

Notes

R. Parks, 2004, 26.5.01.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

4069