Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory Helicon Tuba
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1890
name: label: maker
content: Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This tuba was made by the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory in Boston, Massachusetts, around 1880-1890. It is a helicon tuba in E-flat, made of brass, with 3 string-action rotary valves. This instrument is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>made<br>by the<br>BOSTON<br>Musical Instrument<br>Manufy</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory was formed when the E.G. Wright Company and Graves & Company merged in 1869. By 1902, the company name was changed to the Boston Musical Instrument Company.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0449.01
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0449.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0449
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tuba
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 30 in x 35 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 76.2 cm x 90.17 cm