Tuba, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Maker
Bohland & Fuchs
Distributor
William Tonk & Brother Company
also known as Tonk Brothers Company
Date1895-1915 ca.
Place MadeKraslice (Graslitz), Austria, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEmbossed on medallion attached to bell, surrounded by ornate floral engraving: Tonk / ChicagoStamped on second valve casing: B&FMarkingsStamped on mouthpiece receiver: AUSTRIADescriptionBrass; 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 measuredProvenanceArne 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. 218.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01170
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