Mellophone, E-flat
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1912-1913 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No.19007
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by ornate scrolling design: MADE BY / Frank Holton / CHICAGOStamped on second valve casing, opposite: FRANK HOLTON & CO. / CHICAGO
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on mouthpipe receiver: F.H.P.
DescriptionBrass; with later lacquer (originally silver-plated). Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 255 mm
Bell diameter: 267 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.5 mm (0.454 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), p. 260-261.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01094
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