Mellophone, F, E-flat
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1908-1909 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing
Serial No.19838
SignedEngraved on bell within floral design: KING / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEVELAND / OHIOStamped on second valve casing: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D O. / 19838
MarkingsStamped on rotary valve casing: 112
Stamped on valve casings, largest guiding lug, valve stems, spring barrels, and inside valve caps, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on valve spring barrels: 19838
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. Rotary change valve.
DimensionsBell diameter: 279 mm (11 in)
Bore: 12.4 mm (0.489 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), 170-171.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00970
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