Tuba, E-flat, high pitch
Distributor
Lyon & Healy
Date1865-1875 ca.
Place MadeSaxony, Germany, Europe
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: LYON & HEALY / CHICAGO / (small scroll)MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 13 14 15
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver trim. Three, bottom-sprung Berliner piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 975 mm
Bell diameter: 274 mm
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. 241, photo p. 243.
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. 36 & 37(photos).
Harvey Phillips and William Winkle, The Art of Tuba and Euphonium (1992). Appendix B, p. 94.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00311
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