Tuba, BB-flat, high pitch
Maker
F. Besson & Co.
Distributor
Carl Fischer
Date1905-1909 ca.
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
ModelPrototype, long model
Serial No.80751
SignedStamped on bell: CHICAGO / BORE / 50 MEDALS OF HONOUR (in banner) / BESSON & CO / “Prototype” / 198 EUSTON ROAD / LONDON / [five-pointed star] / ENGLAND / C. FISCHER / 6. 4th AV N. Y. / SOLE AGENT U. STATESStamped on second valve casing, in oval: BESSON & Co / [five-pointed star] / BREVETE
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 4 5 6
Stamped on second valve casing: 80751
DescriptionBrass; with later lacquered finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 1000 mm
Bell diameter: 435 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 17.7 mm (0.700 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson. Catalog of the Nineteenth-Century British Brass Instruments In The Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments. Ph.D. Dissertation. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University, 1974, pp. 126-128.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00253
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