Mellophone, F, E-flat, D, low pitch

Maker Frank Holton & Company

Date1929-1930 ca.

Place MadeElkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America

Model78 Revelation

Serial No.94782

SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. [ribbon unfurling] / ELKHORN. WIS.
MarkingsStamped on right side of second valve casing: FRANK HOLTON & CO / ELKHORN. WIS. / 94782
Stamped on spring stems and upper valve caps: 94782
Stamped on receiver: F. L. P.
Stamped on valve casings, spring stems, and upper valve caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin finish, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, three alternative main tuning slides at first bow, removable leadpipe (shank), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, pistons nickel-plated brass, single water key at main tuning slides, windway 1-2-3.

Funnel-shaped, silver-plated brass mouthpiece, stamped: FRANK HOLTON / ELKHORN, WIS. / 1

Silver-plated brass tuning shank at leadpipe.
Alternative, single-coiled main tuning slides for E-flat and D.

The no. 78 Revelation Mellophone was normally supplied with alternative tuning slides for F, E-flat and D; a C attachment could be had at extra cost.
DimensionsHeight: 382 mm
Tube length: 1738 mm (with F tuning slide, no shank), 1809 mm, 2061 mm, 2183 mm (with shank)
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide): 11.4 mm, 9.8 mm, 11.9 mm (valve slides currently frozen)
Bore diameter (shank, initial, minimum): 9.7 mm, 8.8 mm
Bell diameter: 264 mm (10 1/2 inches)
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Rich Ita, Atlanta, Georgia.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), pp. 233, 296.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number07353

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