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Double-bell euphonium, B-flat, low pitch
Maker: C. G. Conn
Date: 1903 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: American
Serial No: 80860
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART / IND.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3 4 5
Stamped on small bell receiver and lower edge: 23
Stamped on small bell receiver and lower edge: 23
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished bell interiors. Four, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 695 mm
Bell diameters: 270 mm (primary); 172 mm (secondary)
Bore: 13.9 mm (0.550 in)
Bell diameters: 270 mm (primary); 172 mm (secondary)
Bore: 13.9 mm (0.550 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesMary H. Larson, Catalog of the Baritones and Euphoniums in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1978, p. 228.
T.U.B.A. Journal Vol. VIII No. 4 (Spring 1981).
Harvey Phillips and William Winkle. The Art of Tuba and Euphonium. 1992. Appendix B, p. 97.
Edward Mallett. “The Double-Bell Euphonium: The History of a Forgotten Instrument,” T.U.B.A. Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Spring 1994), pp. 24-28.
Ed Mallett. The Double-Bell Euphonium Design and Literature Past & Present. DMA Dissertation. MSU 1996. Pp. 84-88.
T.U.B.A. Journal Vol. VIII No. 4 (Spring 1981).
Harvey Phillips and William Winkle. The Art of Tuba and Euphonium. 1992. Appendix B, p. 97.
Edward Mallett. “The Double-Bell Euphonium: The History of a Forgotten Instrument,” T.U.B.A. Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Spring 1994), pp. 24-28.
Ed Mallett. The Double-Bell Euphonium Design and Literature Past & Present. DMA Dissertation. MSU 1996. Pp. 84-88.
Object number: 02204