C. G. Conn Bass Tuba: Museum Object and Cultural History
C. G. Conn Bass Tuba: date made: 1906. maker: C. G. Conn. Object Name: tuba.
The object in the museum catalogue
This tuba was made by C.G. Conn in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1906. It is an E-flat bass tuba, serial #96557, made of silver-plated brass, with 3 piston valves with mother-of-pearl finger buttons. This instrument is inscribed:
MADE BY C.G.CONN ELKHART IND. OUR LABEL [shield] FACTORY 34 PAT. JUNE 15 1886
This tuba features U. S. Patent 343888 dated June 15, 1886, by Charles G. Conn for improvements in cornets and other piston valve musical instruments.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1906
- maker: C. G. Conn
- Object Name: tuba
- Physical Description: brass (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 31 1/8 in x 18 in x 14 1/8 in; 79.0575 cm x 45.72 cm x 35.8775 cm
- place made: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
- ID Number: MI.75.43
- accession number: 317859
- catalog number: 75.43
- Credit Line: Gift of Paul Kryzwicki
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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