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Mellophone, E-flat
Distributor: Lyon & Healy
Date: 1897-1915 ca.
Place Made:Austria, Europe
Place Distributed:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Model: Champion Silver Piston
Serial No: 1265
SignedStamped on bell: Champion / Silver Piston / Chicago
MarkingsStamped on first valve: 4
Stamped on second valve: 55 / AUSTRIA / 1265
Stamped on third valve: C
Stamped on second valve: 55 / AUSTRIA / 1265
Stamped on third valve: C
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 267mm (10-1/2in)
Bore: 0.486in
Bore: 0.486in
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 Insruments at the Shrine to Music Museum,
DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pages 94-95.
DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pages 94-95.
Object number: 00496