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Tuba

This is a double-coiled, upright-bell tuba made of brass with nickel-silver trimmings, having four rotary valves with nickel-silver mechanical linkages and cork bumpers. There's a water-key on the main tuning slide, and a pull ring on the second valve tuning slide. The fourth valve bottom cap has an abalone inlay (probably not original to this instrument).

  • Date:
    second half of 19th century
  • Maker:
    Buffa & Baretti
  • Collection:
    National Museum of the Royal Navy
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  • Place of production:
    Trieste (Timezone: Europe/Rome)
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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on bell: [lyre] / PREM.FABBRICA / BUFFA & BARETTI / TRIESTE / BANDA PRESIDIARIA / CORPO D'ARMATA / TRIESTE / 3
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  • Repository:National Museum of the Royal Navy
  • Measurements:Height: 690mm; Diameter: 280mm