Instrument
Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece |
Instrument Family
Mouthpieces |
Maker
Henry Distin |
Place Made
London ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom |
Date Made
Third quarter of the 19th century |
Description
Technical description: Silver-plated; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.75; intermediate cup shape; maximum throat curvature c 14. Cup volume 10980; shape quotient 1.310.
Overall size: length 76.3; external diameter 40.2.
Sounding length: cup depth 28.
Bore: cup diameter 28.7; minimum diameter 7.3.
Depth of taper: shank depth 34.0.
Diameter of taper: maximum 13.8; minimum 12.4.
Stamped at top of shank "DISTIN / LONDON".
Purchased by lender with and possibly formerly used with helicon in Eb (1699). |
Notes
R. Parks, 6.1.96; Arnold Myers, December 1995. |
Measurements
length 76.3; external diameter 40.2. |
Provenance
on loan to the Collection. |
Collection
MIMEd |
Accession Number
1161 |