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Mellophone, F, E-flat, D, C
Maker: J. W. York & Sons
Date: 1913-1914 ca.
Place Made:Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America
Model: Multiplex
Serial No: 41596
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by foliate pattern: Made By / J. W. York & Sons / Grand Rapids / Mich
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on first rotor: 1206
Stamped on second rotor: 2
Stamped on first rotor: 1206
Stamped on second rotor: 2
DescriptionSatin silver-plated brass. Burnished, silver-plated bell interior and engraving. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Three Perinet piston valves, bottom-sprung, one guide pin per valve. Two rotary valves for pitch change.
DimensionsBell diameter: 280 mm (11 in)
Bore: cannot be measured
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pages 100-101.
Object number: 00503