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Bass tuba in E-flat

(American, active 1864–1866)
1864–66
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueNickel silver
DimensionsLength 116.8 cm (46 in.)
Credit LineFoster Charitable Fund
Accession number1996.112
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEngraved on bell: Gilmore, Graves & Co. / BOSTON
Provenance1996, sold by Robert E. Sheldon, Washington, DC, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 1996)
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