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Tuba, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Maker: C. G. Conn
Date: 1898 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Place Made:New York, New York, United States, North America
Model: New Wonder
Serial No: 62905
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by floral design: MADE BY / C.G. CONN / ELKHART, IND. / AND / NEW YORK
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: Pat. June / 15. 1886.
Stamped on second valve casing: 62905
Stamped on second valve casing: Pat. June / 15. 1886.
Stamped on second valve casing: 62905
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, burnished finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 785 mm
Bell diameter: 360 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 15.5 mm (0.612 in)
Bell diameter: 360 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 15.5 mm (0.612 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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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. 174.
Object number: 00270