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Mellophone, E-flat
Maker: Frank Holton & Company
Date: 1912-1913 ca.
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No: 19007
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by ornate scrolling design: MADE BY / Frank Holton / CHICAGO
Stamped on second valve casing, opposite: FRANK HOLTON & CO. / CHICAGO
Stamped on second valve casing, opposite: FRANK HOLTON & CO. / CHICAGO
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on mouthpipe receiver: F.H.P.
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)
Bell diameter: 267 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.5 mm (0.454 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), p. 260-261.
Object number: 01094