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Tuba, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Date: 1916 ca.
Place Made:Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America
Model: No. 2660
Serial No: 2981
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by floral design: GRAND / RAPIDS / BAND INST / CO
MarkingsStamped on first and third valve casings: 1 3
Stamped on brass plaque attached to second valve casing: 2981
Stamped on brass plaque attached to second valve casing: 2981
DescriptionBrass. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 790 mm
Bell diameter: 500 mm (distorted)
Bore: cannot be measured
Bell diameter: 500 mm (distorted)
Bore: cannot be measured
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. 219.
Object number: 00279