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Mellophone, F, E-flat
Trade name:Band and orchestra horn
Maker: H. N. White Company
Date: 1915 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: King
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
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.
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)
Bore diameter (second valve slide): 0.519in (13.1mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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.
Object number: 00498