Conn Contrabass Tuba: Museum Object and Cultural History
Conn Contrabass Tuba: date made: 1917. maker: C. G. Conn Ltd.. Object Name: tuba.
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This tuba was made by C.G. Conn Ltd. in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1917. It is a BB-flat contrabass tuba in helicon form, serial #154211, made of silver plated brass, with 3 Perinet piston valves with mother-of-pearl finger buttons. Accessioned with trunk. This tuba was made for the U.S.Q.M.C. (United States Quarter Master Corps) for use by military bands. The tuba is engraved:
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1917
- maker: C. G. Conn Ltd.
- Object Name: tuba
- Physical Description: brass (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: case: 36 1/4 in x 53 1/2 in x 24 1/2 in; 92.075 cm x 135.89 cm x 62.23 cm
- place made: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
- ID Number: MI.67.013
- catalog number: 67.013
- accession number: 272422
- Credit Line: Gift of SGM James K. Brown
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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