Tuba, E-flat, high pitch
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1910 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelMonster Model 92
Serial No.12003
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by floral design: MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. / CHICAGOMarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 12003
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 810 mm
Bell diameter: 490 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
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. 216.
Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter. October 1975, p. 4.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00130
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