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Helicon, E-flat, high pitch
Maker: H. N. White Company
Date: 1915-1920 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: King 1225
Serial No: 61616
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by floral design: King / MADE BY / THE H. N. WHITE Co. / CLEV,D / O.
Stamped on first and second valve casings: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV,D, O. / 61616
Stamped on first and second valve casings: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV,D, O. / 61616
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on main tuning slide and underside of valve caps: 61616
Stamped on main tuning slide and underside of valve caps: 61616
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished engraving. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 635 mm
Bell diameter: 508 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 18.9 mm (0.746 in)
Bell diameter: 508 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 18.9 mm (0.746 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
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. 103.
Object number: 00252