Over-the-shoulder bass horn, E-flat, low pitch
Maker
Ernst Theodor Seltmann
Date1860-1870 ca.
Place MadePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: E. SELTMANN / MAKER / PHILA.MarkingsStamped on backside of keys: 4
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver bell garland and keys. Three rotary valves with string linkages.
DimensionsHeight: 1400 mm
Bell diameter: 310 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 14.9 mm (0.586 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. 65.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00310
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