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Euphonium, B-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Trade name:Baritone horn
Maker: J. W. York & Sons
Date: 1911-1913 ca.
Place Made:Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America
Serial No: 40925
SignedEngraved on bell, within a crown surrounded by a floral pattern: (script) Made by / J.W. York & Sons / (script) Grand Rapids / (script) Mich.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings and pistons, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing and each piston: 40925
Stamped on a plate soldered to the HP/LP conversion loop: PATENTED / JULY 12, 1910
Stamped on second valve casing and each piston: 40925
Stamped on a plate soldered to the HP/LP conversion loop: PATENTED / JULY 12, 1910
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished bell interior. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 605 mm
Bell diameter: 288 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 14.2 mm (0.561 in)
Bell diameter: 288 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 14.2 mm (0.561 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesMary H. Larson, Catalog of the Baritones and Euphoniums in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1978, p. 163.
Object number: 00201