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Eterna 900S

ca. 1964-70
Not on view
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
Billing themselves as a "rock and roll band with horns," Chicago was the most successful of the so-called brass-rock bands that formed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Technical Description:
Silver-plated brass body

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Eterna 900S
  • Artist:
    Getzen Company (American, Elkhorn, Wisconsin)
  • Date:
    ca. 1964-70
  • Geography:
    Elkhorn, Wisconsin, United States
  • Medium:
    Brass, silver plate
  • Dimensions:
    Length: 20 in. (50.8 cm)
    Width: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
    Weight: 2-3 lbs.
  • Classification:
    Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone
  • Credit Line:
    Collection of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; Gift of Robert Lamm and Chicago
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments