Tuba, E-flat, high pitch
Trade Name
Tourville & Cie
Date1890-1910 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: TOURVILLE & CIE / PARIS / [five-pointed star]MarkingsStamped on valve casings: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: R / I / D
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, burnished finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Quick-change pushrod mounts.
DimensionsHeight: 775 mm
Bell diameter: 385 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 18.9 mm (0.745 in)
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. 192, photo 194.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00117
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