Tuba, E-flat, low pitch
Distributor
J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Company
Date1900-1925 ca.
Place DistributedKansas City, Missouri, United States, North America
ModelNew Jenkins Special
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell, surrounded by engraved badge: THE / NEW / JENKINS / SPECIALMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 34 35 36
Stamped on second valve casing: 3
DescriptionBrass. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 775 mm
Bell diameter: 485 mm (distorted)
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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. 203.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00332
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