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Mellophone, F, E-flat, D, C, low pitch
Distributor: C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date: 1932 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: 62E
Serial No: 94869
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by eagle and badge: - PAN AMERICAN - / ELKHART IND. U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 94869
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Hash marks engraved inside both top and bottom valve caps corresponding to valves.
Score marks for pitch changes on tubing.
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Hash marks engraved inside both top and bottom valve caps corresponding to valves.
Score marks for pitch changes on tubing.
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished bell interior. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 279 mm (11 in)
Bore: 12.5 mm (0.492 in)
Bore: 12.5 mm (0.492 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. 272-273.
Object number: 01109