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Mellophone, F, E-flat
Maker: Lyon & Healy
Date: 1923-1928 ca.
Place Made:La Porte, Indiana, United States, North America
Place Distributed:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Model: American Climax
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell: AMERICAN / Climax / MADE IN U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 7 8 9
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 260 mm
Bell diameter: 270 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
Bell diameter: 270 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
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 Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 278-279.
Object number: 01116