Object Details
- Description
This tuba was made by Stengel, in Bayreuth, Germany, around 1830-1870. It is a contrabass tuba in BB-flat, made of brass with nickel silver trim, in an upright form with missing valve section (originally 3 or 4 mechanical rotary valves). This instrument is inscribed;
Stengel in Bayreuth
Deposito Brizzi e Niccolai Firenze- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1830 - 1870
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- nickel silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 46 1/2 in x 17 1/4 in x 11 3/4 in; 118.11 cm x 43.815 cm x 29.845 cm
- Object Name
- tuba
