Mellophone, F, E-flat, C
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1938 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing
Serial No.213506
SignedEngraved on bell within angular sword design: KING / MADE BY / THE H. N. WHITE Co. / CLEVELAND O.Stamped on left side of second valve casing -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D O. / 213506
MarkingsStamped on bottom of rotary valve: 2620
Stamped on valve casings, largest guiding lugs, valve stems, spring barrels, and inside valve caps, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on spring barrels and underneath valve caps: 213506
Score marks and "E[flat sign]" stamped on internal slide tubing.
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished engraving. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 279 mm (11 in)
Bore: 12.6 mm (0.499 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary Moege, "A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection," (DMA diss., The University of Oklahoma, 1985), 234-235.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01047
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