Tuba, E-flat, high pitch converted to low pitch
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1913-1915 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing
Serial No.36737
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by ornate floral design: KING / MADE BY / THE H. N. WHITE CO. / CLEV,D / O.Stamped on second valve casing: “KING" / MADE BY / H.N. WHITE / CLEVE’D O. / 36737MarkingsStamped on valve casing, respectively: 1 2 3DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished engraving and bell interior. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.DimensionsHeight: 825 mm
Bell diameter: 510 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. 209.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00367
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