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Tuba, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Date: 1916 ca.
Place Made:Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America
Model: U. S. A. Line
Serial No: 8436
SignedEngraved on bell: [eagle] / U.S.A LINE / MADE BY / GRAND RAPIDS / BAND INST. CO. / GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. / U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 8436
Stamped on second valve casing: 8436
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 815 mm
Bell diameter: 500 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 16.3 mm (0.645 in)
Bell diameter: 500 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 16.3 mm (0.645 in)
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. 253.
Object number: 00267