Mellophone, F, E-flat
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1915 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing
Serial No.50367
SignedEngraved on bell within floral design: KING / MADE BY / THE / H. N. WHITE Co. / CLEV'D / O.Stamped on second valve casing: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D O. / 50367
MarkingsStamped on bottom of rotary valve: 252
Stamped on valve casings, guiding lugs, valve stems, spring barrels, and underneath valve caps, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on spring barrel and underside of valve caps: 50367
Score marks and "E[flat sign]" stamped on internal slide tubing.
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-plated finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet valves. Rotary change valve.
DimensionsBell diameter: 279mm (11in)
Bore diameter (second valve slide): 0.519in (13.1mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary Moege, "A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection," (DMA diss., The University of Oklahoma, 1985), 98-99.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00498
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