Mouthpiece for cornopean.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Mid 19th Century

Description

Technical description: Brass with applied silver rim; flat rim contour; maximum bite curvature 0.75; deep conical cup shape with smoothly blended throat.Cup volume 1620; shape quotient 1.277. Overall size: length 74.5; external diameter 26.3. Sounding length: cup depth c 19. Bore: cup diameter 15.3; minimum diameter 3.6. Depth of taper: shank depth 32.0. Diameter of taper: maximum 12.5; minimum 11.6. No inscriptions. Lent with, possibly formerly used with and possibly supplied by manufacturer with cornopean (3293). Illustration references: Workshop drawing by Raymond Parks published by the Collection, 1999; exterior view on web at http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi

Notes

Raymond Parks, 1999, 31.8.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995.

Measurements

length 74.5; external diameter 26.3.

Provenance

Formerly on loan to the Collection ; Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax by HM Government in 2025 from the estate of John William Phillips and allocated to The Musical Instrument Collection, University of Edinburgh.

Collection

MIMEd ; Shaw-Hellier Collection

Accession Number

3294