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Tuba, E-flat, high pitch converted to low pitch
Maker: H. N. White Company
Date: 1913-1915 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: King
Serial No: 36737
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by ornate floral design: KING / MADE BY / THE H. N. WHITE CO. / CLEV,D / O.
Stamped on second valve casing: “KING" / MADE BY / H.N. WHITE / CLEVE’D O. / 36737
Stamped on second valve casing: “KING" / MADE BY / H.N. WHITE / CLEVE’D O. / 36737
MarkingsStamped on valve casing, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished engraving and bell interior. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 825 mm
Bell diameter: 510 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
Bell diameter: 510 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. 209.
Object number: 00367