Mellophone, E-flat
Distributorattributed to
Reiffel & Husted
Date1920-1930 ca.
Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Europe
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelStar
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: StarMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 37 38 39
DescriptionBrass; with gold-lacquered finish. Three, bottom-spurng Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 260 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 146-147.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00939
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Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1920-1930 ca.
