Mouthpiece for cornett.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Probably late 19th century

Description

Technical description: Ivory; narrow round rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.25; hemispherical cup shape with sharp-edged throat.Cup volume 1397; shape quotient 1.455. Overall size: length 37.7; external diameter 21.2. Sounding length: cup depth 11. Bore: cup diameter 16.7; minimum diameter 3.8. Depth of taper: shank depth 20.2. Diameter of taper: maximum 11.7; minimum 9.9. No inscriptions. Lent with and possibly formerly used with cornett (3301).

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 20.3.93 & 2.9.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995.

Measurements

length 37.7; external diameter 21.2.

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

3302