Cimbasso, C
Maker
Pietro Piana
Date1820 ca.
Place MadeMilan, 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.
DimensionsHeight: 960 mm
Bell diameter: 229 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01275
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1820 ca.
1835 ca.