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Bass tuba in E-flat

Gilmore, Graves & Co. (American, active 1864–1866)
1864–66
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Nickel silver
Dimensions Length 116.8 cm (46 in.)
Credit Line Foster Charitable Fund
Accession Number1996.112
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

DescriptionBody of nickel silver in upright form. Three rotary valves. Old (possibly original) mouthpiece.
InscriptionsEngraved on bell: Gilmore, Graves & Co. / BOSTON
Provenance1996, sold by Robert E. Sheldon, Washington, DC, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 1996)