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Over-the-shoulder bass horn, E-flat, high pitch
Over-the-shoulder bass horn, E-flat, high pitch
Over-the-shoulder bass horn, E-flat, high pitch

Over-the-shoulder bass horn, E-flat, high pitch

ALTERNATE NAME(S)
  • Over-the-shoulder tuba, E-flat, high pitch
Date1860-1865 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on plaque attached to bell, in script: JOHN F. / STRATTON / NEW YORK
Markingsnone
DescriptionNickel silver body and trim. Three, top-action rotary valves with string linkages.
DimensionsOverall height: 1440 mm
Bell diameter: 285 mm
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. 66, photo 67.

John Swain, “The E-Flat Tubas in the Shrine to Music Museum,” “Tuba History,” Gary Stewart, Editor, T.U.B.A. Journal, Vol. 16, #2 (Winter, 1988), p. 36 & 37(photo).

Harvey Phillips and William Winkle, The Art of Tuba and Euphonium (1992). Appendix B, p. 93.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00316
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