Tuba, E-flat, high pitch
Date1860-1875 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
Serial No.None
SignedNoneMarkingsStamped on valve casings, caps, and underside of keys, variably: 13 14 15DescriptionNickel-silver; with nickel-silver bell garland. Three, top-action rotary valves with string linkages.DimensionsHeight: 1000 mmBell diameter: 255 mm
Bore: cannot be measuredProvenanceNo known provenance. 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. 78.
John Swain, “The E-Flat Tubas in the Shrine to Music Museum,” “Tuba History,”
Gary Stewart, Editor, T.U.B.A. Journal, Vol. 16, #2 (Winter, 1988), p. 37 & 37(photos).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00309
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