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Tuba, E-flat, low pitch
Date: 1905-1910 ca.
Place Made:Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America
Serial No: 25330
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by floral design: GRAND RAPIDS / BAND INST CO / Grand Rapids / Mich.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 25330
Stamped on second valve casing: 25330
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 19-1/2in (49.5 cm)
Height: 31-1/2in (80.3 cm)
Height: 31-1/2in (80.3 cm)
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. 207.
Object number: 00132