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Tuba, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Maker: August Heinem
Distributor: J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Company
Date: 1915-1935 ca.
Place Made:Austria, Europe
Place Distributed:Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by ornate floral design: Genuine Aug. Heinem / Superior Quality / J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Co / Sole Agents / Kansas City, Mo.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 34 35 36
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Quick-change pushrod.
DimensionsHeight: 725 mm
Bell diameter: 335 mm (distorted)
Bore: cannot be measured
Bell diameter: 335 mm (distorted)
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
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. 227.
Object number: 00284