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Tuba, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Maker: Frank Holton & Company
Date: 1904
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Model: Monster Model 92 Finish 1
Serial No: 1020
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by ornate floral design: MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. / CHICAGO
MarkingsStamped on plate attached to second valve casing: 1020
Stamped on valve casings, caps, and pistons, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on inside of all top valve caps, as well as first and second pistons: 9387
Stamped on third piston: 1020
Stamped on valve casings, caps, and pistons, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on inside of all top valve caps, as well as first and second pistons: 9387
Stamped on third piston: 1020
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished signature and bell interior. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 825 mm
Bell diameter: 476 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 16.8 mm (0.663 in)
Bell diameter: 476 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 16.8 mm (0.663 in)
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. 257.
Object number: 00134