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Mellophone, F, E-flat
Trade name:Band and orchestra horn
Maker: H. N. White Company
Date: 1908-1909 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: King
Serial No: 19838
SignedEngraved on bell within floral design: KING / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEVELAND / OHIO
Stamped on second valve casing: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D O. / 19838
Stamped 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.
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)
Bore: 12.4 mm (0.489 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), 170-171.
Object number: 00970