Instrument
Mouthpiece/Mouthpieces/Mouthpieces/Musical Instrument ; Mouthpiece |
Instrument Family
Mouthpieces |
Maker
Hawkes and Son |
Place Made
London ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom |
Date Made
Late 19th or early 20th century |
Description
Technical description: Silver-plated brass; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.5; funnel cup shape; maximum throat curvature c 16. Cup volume 3693; shape quotient 1.256.
Overall size: length 66.8; external diameter 30.7.
Sounding length: cup depth 24.
Bore: cup diameter 18.8; minimum diameter 5.0.
Depth of taper: shank depth 36.5.
Diameter of taper: maximum 11.6; minimum 10.0.
Stamped on side of cup "HAWKES / 2 / MODEL"; at top of shank "HAWKES & SON LONDON".
Purchased by lender with and probably formerly used with tenor cor in F etc (613).
Specific usage history: Formerly used in Elland Silver Band. |
Other Information
Specific usage history: Formerly used in Elland Silver Band; lent to Horniman Museum for "Sound Designs" Exhibition 2006- |
Notes
Raymond Parks, 2004, 9.9.95. |
Measurements
length 66.8; external diameter 30.7. |
Provenance
on loan to the Collection. |
Collection
MIMEd |
Accession Number
0674 |