E-flat Bass Tuba
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1870
notes: label: Description
content: This tuba was made by an unknown maker in the Uinted States, around 1860-1870. It is an over-the-shoulder E-flat bass tuba, made of brass, with 3 Perinet piston valves.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ed Wilmer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.66.201
label: catalog number
content: 66.201
label: accession number
content: 271961
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tuba
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: tuba: 50 1/4 in x 13 3/4 in x 11 1/8 in; 127.635 cm x 34.925 cm x 28.2575 cm
label: Measurements
content: pipe, small: 7 1/8 in x 4 in x 1 1/8 in; 18.0975 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: pipe, medium: 9 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 5/16 in; 22.86 cm x 6.0325 cm x 5.87375 cm
label: Measurements
content: pipe, large: 20 1/4 in x 6 in x 1 1/4 in; 51.435 cm x 15.24 cm x 3.175 cm