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 century

Description

Technical description: Silver-plated brass; round rim contour; maximum bite curvature 2.25; funnel cup shape with smoothly blended throat. Cup volume 2837; shape quotient 1.060. Overall size: length 65.3; external diameter 30.2. Sounding length: cup depth c 24. Bore: cup diameter 19.7; minimum diameter 4.9. Depth of taper: shank depth 32.6. Diameter of taper: maximum 12.4; minimum 9.5. No inscriptions. Purchased with animal horn (357).

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 23.9.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 65.3; external diameter 30.2.

Provenance

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

Collection

Glen Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0693