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Tuba, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Maker: J. W. York & Sons
Date: 1916-1917 ca.
Place Made:Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America
Model: Model 29 Finish A
Serial No: 46658
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by floral design: Made by / J.W. YORK & SONS / Grand Rapids / Mich.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 46658
Stamped on small plate attached to high pitch/low pitch tubing: PATENTED / July 12 1910.
Stamped on second valve casing: 46658
Stamped on small plate attached to high pitch/low pitch tubing: PATENTED / July 12 1910.
DescriptionBrass; originally, silver-plated. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 713mm
Bell diameter: 397mm
Bore (second valve slide): 14.8mm (0.585in)
Bell diameter: 397mm
Bore (second valve slide): 14.8mm (0.585in)
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. 215.
Object number: 00110