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Tuba, E-flat, high pitch
Maker: Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy
Date: 1875-1895 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Place Distributed:New York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No: 116330
SignedEmbossed on brass medallion applied to bell: DULCIS & FORTIS / [lyre, horn, bird logo] /
J.T.L.
Stamped on bell: LEGION D’HONNEUR (in banner) / J. T. L. (in wreathe)/ [7 exhibition medallions] / JEROME / THIBOUVILLE-LAMY / Fr de L’Armee / BREVETE / s.g.d.g. / 68 r. Reaumur / PARIS / NEW-YORK / A / 116330
Stamped on bell: LEGION D’HONNEUR (in banner) / J. T. L. (in wreathe)/ [7 exhibition medallions] / JEROME / THIBOUVILLE-LAMY / Fr de L’Armee / BREVETE / s.g.d.g. / 68 r. Reaumur / PARIS / NEW-YORK / A / 116330
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 10 11 12
Stamped on second valve casing: J.T.L. / QTE. SUPRE.
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: A / O
Stamped on second valve casing: J.T.L. / QTE. SUPRE.
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: A / O
DescriptionBrass. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 750 mm
Bell diameter: 340 mm (distorted)
Bore: cannot be measured
Bell diameter: 340 mm (distorted)
Bore: cannot be measured
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. 186.
Object number: 00108