Mouthpiece for posthorn.

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Instrument

Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece

Instrument Family

Mouthpieces

Date Made

Probably late 19th or early 20th century

Description

Technical description: Brass; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.75; hemispherical cup shape; maximum throat curvature 3. Cup volume 1298; shape quotient 1.306. Overall size: length 56.2; external diameter 27.1. Sounding length: cup depth 10.5. Bore: cup diameter 17.2; minimum diameter 4.0. Depth of taper: shank depth 30.3. Diameter of taper: maximum 11.0; minimum 8.7. No inscriptions. Purchased by lender with posthorn in F (3018).

Notes

Raymond Parks, 2004, 2.9.95; Arnold Myers, June 1995; Arnold Myers, Nadine Parks, Jul/Aug 1990.

Measurements

length 56.2; external diameter 27.1.

Provenance

ex- Ernst Buser collection. ; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3019