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Mouthpiece for cornet.

Technical description: Brass, with screw cup. Inside of cup is silver-plated, rest of mouthpiece may have originally been silver-plated; cup screws in and out of rim to adjust depth; medium rim contour; maximum bite curvature 1.5; intermediate cup shape; maximum throat curvature 12.Cup volume 1239, shape quotient 1.162 when screwed in; cup volume 1809; shape quotient 1.311 when screwed out.

  • Date:
    Late 19th or early 20th century
  • Maker:
    Hawkes & Son [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    London/England
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  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:length 56.8 ( min.), 59.8 (max.); external diameter 26.7.