Tuba, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Date1901 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelNew Wonder
Serial No.70393
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by floral design: MADE BY / C.G. CONN / ELKHART / IND.MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: Pat. June / 15.1886
Stamped on second valve casing: 70393
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, burnished finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 776 mm
Bell diameter: 360 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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. 171.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00129
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