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Mellophone, F, E-flat, D, low pitch
Maker: Frank Holton & Company
Date: 1930 ca.
Place Made:Elkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Model: Collegiate
Serial No: 107091
SignedEngraved on bell: COLLEGIATE / MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. / ELKHORN / WIS
MarkingsStamped above bell collar: PAT / APLD. / FOR
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished, gold-plated bell interior. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Detachable bell.
DimensionsBell diameter: 260 mm (10-1/4 in)
Bore: 12.5m m (0.491 in)
Bore: 12.5m m (0.491 in)
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 Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 112-113.
Object number: 00695