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Bass tuba in B-flat (over-shoulder form)
Bass tuba in B-flat (over-shoulder form)

Bass tuba in B-flat (over-shoulder form)

Graves & Co. (American, active 1824–1869)
1850–60
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueNickel silver
DimensionsLength 105.7 cm (41 5/8 in.)
Credit LineFoster Charitable Fund
Accession number1996.111
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEngraved on bell: Made by / GRAVES & CO. / BostonProvenance1996, sold by Robert E. Sheldon, Washington, DC, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 1996)
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