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Tuba, E-flat, high pitch
Maker: Jules De Vere
Distributor: Montgomery Ward & Company (distributor)
Date: 1900-1915 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Place Distributed:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell: Jules DeVere & Co. / Paris / Montgomery Ward & Co. / Sole Agents / Chicago
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 67 68 69
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 755 mm
Bell diameter: 290 mm (distorted)
Bore (second valve slide): 15.1 mm (0.595 in)
Bell diameter: 290 mm (distorted)
Bore (second valve slide): 15.1 mm (0.595 in)
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. 250.
Object number: 00289