Helicon, E-flat, high pitch
Date1880-1920 ca.
Place MadeNaples, Italy, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on plaque attached to bell: Girardi / Strumenti Musicali / Corso Caribaldi / Napoli / 100MarkingsScore marks on valve mechanism support bar, corresponding to first, second, and third valves.
Stamped on valve mechanism supprt car: 11
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver trim and bell garland. Three rotary valves with metal linkages.
DimensionsBell diameter: 275 mm
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. 96.
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. 38 & 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 number00313
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1870 ca.
1860-1875 ca.