Tuba, E-flat, low pitch
Maker
Joseph Higham
Date1865-1885 ca.
Place MadeManchester, England, Europe
ModelClear Bore
Serial No.10651
SignedStamped on bell: [applied medallion with British coat-of-arms] / PATENT / CLEAR BORE / [British coat-of-arms] / EXHIBITION / PRIZE MEDAL / AWARDED / LONDON 1862 & DUBLIN 1865 / TO / J. HIGHAM / MAKER / 151. GT. DUCIE ST & 2. VICTORIA ST. / MANCHESTER / 10651MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 10651
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished bell interior. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 750 mm
Bell diameter: 325 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 15.7 mm (0.620 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson. Catalog of the Nineteenth-Century British Brass Instruments In The Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments. Ph.D. Dissertation. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University, 1974, pp. 124-126.
John 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. 181.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00281
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