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Sousaphone, bell up, BB-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Alternate name:Raincatcher
Maker: C. G. Conn
Date: 1904 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Raincatcher
Serial No: 84672
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE / BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART / -IND-
MarkingsStamped on each valve: 163013 [check this because NMM 00103 reportedly has the same numbers stamped on each of its valves! ]
DescriptionThis is the earliest "raincatcher" sousaphone by Conn preserved at the National Music Museum and one of the earliest surviving Conn sousaphones, since only a handful were made in the early years of production.
Brass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished bell interior. Three Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
Brass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished bell interior. Three Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 787 mm
Bell diameter: 545 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
Bell diameter: 545 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 ReferencesHarvey Phillips and William Winkle, The Art of Tuba and Euphonium (1992). Appendix B, p. 98.
Object number: 00335