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Tuba, BB-flat
Maker: Couesnon & Cie
Distributor: Fred Gretsch Manufacturing Company
Date: 1960-1970 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Place Distributed:Brooklyn, New York, United States, North America
Model: 2168
Serial No: 54274
SignedStamped on bell: COUESNON / 105. RUE LA FAYETTE / PARIS / MADE IN FRANCE / 54274
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: N
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: D [backwards] T N
Stamped on second valve casing: N
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: D [backwards] T N
DescriptionBrass with nickel-silver trim, lacquered. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Celluloid touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 1100 mm
Bell diameter: 405 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 16.3 mm (0.644 in)
Bell diameter: 405 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 16.3 mm (0.644 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 03743