Tuba, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Date1916 ca.
Place MadeGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America
ModelNo. 2660
Serial No.2981
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by floral design: GRAND / RAPIDS / BAND INST / COMarkingsStamped on first and third valve casings: 1 3Stamped on brass plaque attached to second valve casing: 2981DescriptionBrass. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.DimensionsHeight: 790 mm
Bell diameter: 500 mm (distorted)
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. 219.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00279
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