Neuvy en-Sullias Tuba

Specimen Detail | SD205

Find Spot: Near Neuvy-en-Sullias, France

Date of Find: 27 May 1861

Dating of Item: La Tene (End 4th century BCE). Based on Associated finds

Current Location: Musée Historique & Archéologique De L'0rleanais

Condition: Complete

Musical Characteristics: Not known

Description: Conical-bored instrument, wrought construction with cast mouthpiece and ferrules: in bronze, in four yards joined by cast ferrules. Cast decorated tip end into which cast mouthpiece fits.1.44 m length tube varying from 10 mm to 58 mm diameter. Possibly had conical flare to bell end. Said (Bragard) to have a telescopic bell.

Related Material: Similar to SD206

Citations: Mantellier, 1865, 171 ff. Plate XIII; Behn 1954: Taf. 81, Abb. 186; Broholm, 1949, 102; Baines 1976: p.64, Figure 7; Bragard, 1968, 38 (Superficial).