C. G. Conn Ltd. Double Bell Euphonium: Museum Object and Cultural History
C. G. Conn Ltd. Double Bell Euphonium: date made: 1934. maker: C. G. Conn Ltd.. Object Name: euphonium.
The object in the museum catalogue
This euphonium was made by C.G. Conn Ltd. in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1934. It is a double bell euphonium, serial #299758, made of brass, with 5 piston valves with mother-of-pearl finger buttons. Accessioned with original case and accessories. This instrument is engraved:
This euphonium wasused by the donor's husband, James McPherson of Bethesda, Maryland.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1934
- maker: C. G. Conn Ltd.
- Object Name: euphonium
- Physical Description: brass (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 31 in x 14 in x 11 1/2 in; 78.74 cm x 35.56 cm x 29.21 cm
- place made: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
- ID Number: 1986.0391.01
- catalog number: 1986.0391.01
- accession number: 1986.0391
- Credit Line: Gift of Helen McPherson
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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