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Mellophone, F, E-flat, C
Trade name:Band and orchestra horn
Maker: H. N. White Company
Date: 1938 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: King
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
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.
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)
Bore: 12.6 mm (0.499 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 Arne B. Larson Collection," (DMA diss., The University of Oklahoma, 1985), 234-235.
Object number: 01047