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Tuba, E-flat

Trade Name: Henri Gunckel
Distributor: Lyon & Healy
Date: 1880-1894 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell: Henry Gunckel (script) / PARIS / Lyon & Healy / CHICAGO / SOLE AGENTS / HG (monogram with ship)
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 870 mm
Bell diameter: 325 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesJohn Joseph Swain, A Catalog of the E-flat Tubas in the Arne B. Larson Collection at the University of South Dakota, Ph.D. Dissertation (East Lansing: Michigan State University, 1985), p. 239.
Object number: 00124