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Cimbasso, C
Maker: Pietro Piana
Date: 1820 ca.
Place Made:Milan, Italy, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on all wooden sections: [five-pointed star] P. PIANA / A MILANO [five-pointed star]
MarkingsInk inscription on bass joint: "G J [F or S]" (owner's monogram?)
DescriptionBody of maple in three sections (wing joint, butt or lower joint, and bass joint); bell, ferrules, and keys of brass.
Six fingerholes (three each in wing joint and butt joint); two keys in box mounts with brass flat spring (one each in wing joint and butt joint). Bell with French rim and iron wire insert.
Six fingerholes (three each in wing joint and butt joint); two keys in box mounts with brass flat spring (one each in wing joint and butt joint). Bell with French rim and iron wire insert.
DimensionsHeight: 960 mm
Bell diameter: 229 mm
Bell diameter: 229 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary M. Stewart. Keyed Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection, SMM Catalog Vol. I (1980), p. 8.
Robert E. Eliason, “A Pictorial History of the Tuba and Its Predecessors,” T.U.B.A. Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 4 (Spring 1981), pp. 30-31.
Harvey Phillips and William Winkle, The Art of Tuba and Euphonium (1992), Appendix B, p. 92.
Renato Meucci, “Il Cimbasso e gli strumenti affini nell’ottocento Italiano”. Studi Verdiani (Parna: 1988-89): 109-162. SMM instrument on pav. 4
Renato Meucci, “The Cimbasso and Related Instruments in 19th-Century Italy,” translated by William Waterhouse. The Galpin Society Journal Vol. XLIX (March 1996), pp. 143-179.
William Waterhouse, The New Langwill Index (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p. 302.
Robert E. Eliason, “A Pictorial History of the Tuba and Its Predecessors,” T.U.B.A. Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 4 (Spring 1981), pp. 30-31.
Harvey Phillips and William Winkle, The Art of Tuba and Euphonium (1992), Appendix B, p. 92.
Renato Meucci, “Il Cimbasso e gli strumenti affini nell’ottocento Italiano”. Studi Verdiani (Parna: 1988-89): 109-162. SMM instrument on pav. 4
Renato Meucci, “The Cimbasso and Related Instruments in 19th-Century Italy,” translated by William Waterhouse. The Galpin Society Journal Vol. XLIX (March 1996), pp. 143-179.
William Waterhouse, The New Langwill Index (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p. 302.
Object number: 01275