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Mellophone, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch

Mellophone, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch

Date: 1910 ca.
Place Made:Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, North America
Model: Concert Horn
Serial No: 30397
SignedEngraved on bell: Made by / J. W. York & Sons / Grand Rapids / Mich
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: UNION / MPEPB / SWD / LABEL
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished bell interior. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsBell diameter: 286 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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. 140-141.
Object number: 00926