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Mellophone, E-flat
Mellophone, E-flat
Maker: Frank Holton & Company
Date: 1925-1930 ca.
Place Made:Elkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Serial No: 80584
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by scrolling design: MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. / ELKHORN, WIS
Stamped on second valve casing: FRANK HOLTON & CO. / ELKHORN, WIS. / 80584
Stamped 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.
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)
Bell diameter: 270 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.6 mm (0.460 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), pp. 212-213.
Object number: 01022