Mouthpiece for cornet.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Mid 19th Century

Description

Technical description: Brass with silver rim; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.0; intermediate cup shape; maximum throat curvature 12. Cup volume 1742; shape quotient 1.204. Overall size: length 73.0; external diameter 26.7. Sounding length: cup depth 13. Bore: cup diameter 16.8; minimum diameter 4.6. Depth of taper: shank depth 27.3. Diameter of taper: maximum 10.8; minimum 9.0. No inscriptions. Purchased with cornet in Bb etc (215).

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, May 1995 & 19.8.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 73.0; external diameter 26.7.

Provenance

Purchased in 1983 with assistance from the Government's Local Museums Purchase Fund and the University's General Council Trust.

Collection

MIMEd ; Glen Collection

Accession Number

0640