Conn Contrabass Tuba
date: label: date made
content: 1917
name: label: maker
content: C. G. Conn Ltd.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>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:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Made by C.G. Conn Ltd., Elkhart IND. U.S.Q.M.C.</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 SGM James K. Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.67.013
label: catalog number
content: 67.013
label: accession number
content: 272422
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tuba
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: 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