Tuba, E-flat
Maker
Couesnon & Cie
Date1923 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS (in banner) / 1900 / HORS CONCOURS / MEMBRE DU JURY / [monogram] / COUESENON & CIE / FOURNESSEURS DE L’ARMIE / PARIS / CHATEAU-THIERRY / 23 (within a pomegranate)MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3Stamped on second valve casing: L / 2
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: FRANCE / ND CDescriptionBrass. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.DimensionsHeight: 730 mm
Bell diameter: 375 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. 264.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00121
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