Mellophone, E-flat
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1925-1930 ca.
Place MadeElkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Serial No.80584
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by scrolling design: MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. / ELKHORN, WISStamped on second valve casing: FRANK HOLTON & CO. / ELKHORN, WIS. / 80584
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on mouthpipe receiver: F.L.P.
Scores line on valve slides.
DescriptionBrass, lacquered. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 255 mm
Bell diameter: 270 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.6 mm (0.460 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), pp. 212-213.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01022
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