Lehnert Bass Tuba
date: label: date made
content: 1875-1878
name: label: maker
content: Lehnert, Henry G.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This tuba was made by Henry G. Lehnert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, around 1875-1878. It is an E-flat bass tuba, made of brass with nickel silver trim, with 3 string-action side-action rotary valves. The tuba is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>CENTENNIAL<br>LEHNERT PHILA.<br>PAT. JAN. 12, 75</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This instrument features U. S. Patent #158594 dated January 12, 1875, by Henry G. Lehnert for improvements in brass musical instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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 Robert E. Sheldon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.68.01
label: catalog number
content: 68.01
label: accession number
content: 277137
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tuba
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 1/8 in x 18 7/8 in x 12 1/2 in; 101.9175 cm x 47.9425 cm x 31.75 cm