Helicon, E-flat, high pitch
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1915-1920 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing 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
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
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)
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. 103.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00252
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