Mellophone, F, E-flat, D, C, high pitch / low pitch

Date: 1906 ca.

Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America

Model: Wonder

Serial No: 90814

SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART / -IND-

Markingsnone

DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished engraving and bell interior. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves.

DimensionsBell diameter: 229 mm (9 in)
Bore: 12 mm (0.472 in)

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Terms

Valve horn

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), pp. 208-209.

Object number: 01020