C. G. Conn Bass Tuba
date: label: date made
content: 1906
name: label: maker
content: C. G. Conn
notes: label: Description
content: <p>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:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MADE BY<br>C.G.CONN<br>ELKHART<br>IND.<br>OUR LABEL<br>[shield]<br>FACTORY 34<br>PAT. JUNE 15 1886</p>
label: Description
content: <p>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.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Paul Kryzwicki
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.75.43
label: accession number
content: 317859
label: catalog number
content: 75.43
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tuba
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 1/8 in x 18 in x 14 1/8 in; 79.0575 cm x 45.72 cm x 35.8775 cm