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Tuba, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Maker: Bohland & Fuchs
Distributor: William Tonk & Brother Company (also known as Tonk Brothers Company)
Date: 1895-1915 ca.
Place Made:Kraslice (Graslitz), Austria, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedEmbossed on medallion attached to bell, surrounded by ornate floral engraving: Tonk / Chicago
Stamped on second valve casing: B&F
Stamped on second valve casing: B&F
MarkingsStamped on mouthpiece receiver: AUSTRIA
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Quick-change pushrod.
DimensionsHeight: 760 mm
Bell diameter: 415 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
Bell diameter: 415 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 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. 218.
Object number: 01170