Mouthpiece for tenor horn.

Besson

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Maker

Besson

Place Made

London ; England ; United Kingdom ; Europe

Date Made

Third quarter of the 20th century

Description

Technical description: Silver-plated brass; semi-round rim contour; maximum bite curvature c 2.0; deep intermediate, almost conical, cup shape with smoothly blended throat. Cup volume 3346; shape quotient 1.189. Overall size: length 70.0; external diameter 31.5. Sounding length: cup depth c 29. Bore: cup diameter 19.2; minimum diameter 4.0. Depth of taper: shank depth 34.0. Diameter of taper: maximum 12.0; minimum 10.1. Stamped "Prototype MADE IN ENGLAND" and on side of cup "TH". Given with alto trombone in Gb (2736).

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 9.9.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 70.0; external diameter 31.5.

Provenance

Gift of students of Stevenson College, 1987.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

2737