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Tuba, E-flat, high pitch
Date: 1860-1875 ca.
Place Made:United States, North America
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, caps, and underside of keys, variably: 13 14 15
DescriptionNickel-silver; with nickel-silver bell garland. Three, top-action rotary valves with string linkages.
DimensionsHeight: 1000 mm
Bell diameter: 255 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
Bell diameter: 255 mm
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. 78.
John Swain, “The E-Flat Tubas in the Shrine to Music Museum,” “Tuba History,”
Gary Stewart, Editor, T.U.B.A. Journal, Vol. 16, #2 (Winter, 1988), p. 37 & 37(photos).
John Swain, “The E-Flat Tubas in the Shrine to Music Museum,” “Tuba History,”
Gary Stewart, Editor, T.U.B.A. Journal, Vol. 16, #2 (Winter, 1988), p. 37 & 37(photos).
Object number: 00309