Tuba, E-flat, high pitch
Maker
Jules De Vere
Distributor
Montgomery Ward & Company
distributor
Date1900-1915 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: Jules DeVere & Co. / Paris / Montgomery Ward & Co. / Sole Agents / ChicagoMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 67 68 69DescriptionBrass; with nickel-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.DimensionsHeight: 755 mmBell diameter: 290 mm (distorted)
Bore (second valve slide): 15.1 mm (0.595 in)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. 250.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00289
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