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Tuba, E-flat

Date1875-1888 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: M. SLATER / MAKER / NEW YORK
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 13 14 15
DescriptionBrass. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 755 mm
Bell diameter: 315 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 16.0 mm (0.631 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. 269.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00248
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